Lalli v. General Nutrition Corp., No. 15-1199 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff was employed by Defendants as a store manager from 2009 through 2013. Defendant filed this suit challenging his compensation arrangement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Massachusetts Minimum Fair Wage Law. Defendants employed a pay structure that combined a fixed weekly salary regardless of hours worked with commission paid weekly. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, concluding that, contrary to Plaintiff’s contention, the commission component of the pay arrangement did not make the pay scheme unlawful. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that a compensation structure employing a fix salary is still lawful when it includes additional, variable performance-based commissions.
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