Solis v. WA Dept. of Soc. & Health Servs., No. 10-35590 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseThe Secretary of Labor filed a complaint against the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), alleging that DSHS failed to pay overtime compensation to certain social workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of DSHS, concluding that the social workers come within the "learned professional" exemption of the FLSA's overtime pay requirements. The court held that because the social workers positions at issue required only a degree in one of several diverse academic disciplines or sufficient coursework in any of those disciplines, DSHS had not met its burden of showing that its social workers positions "plainly and unmistakably" met the regulatory requirement. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
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