Client Alert - Labor & Employment - U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Retaliation Claims Under the FLSA can be Based on the “Filing” of Oral Complaints

Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court yet again made it easier for employees to bring retaliation lawsuits against their employers. By a 6-2 decision (Justice Kagan did not participate), the Court held that oral complaints implicating the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") are covered by the Act's anti-retaliation protections.