U.S. district court FISA-fair labor standards act working conditions. (Personnel).Luder v. Endicott, 86 F.Supp.2d 854 (W.D.Wis. 2000). State employees brought an action against Wisconsin correctional officials alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound (FLSA FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA Fedora Legacy Security Advisory ). The district court held that correctional officials qualified as "employers" in both their individual and official capacities and that they could be sued for money damages in their individual capacities, but not in their official capacities. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the officials controlled and directed he terms and conditions of correctional employees' employment, including hiring, firing, disciplining, timekeeping, recordkeeping, job duties and their execution, pay, overtime and work hours. The employees alleged that for three years before filing the action, they were required to perform essential job duties, without compensation, before the start of their shifts or after their shifts should have ended. (Columbia Correctional Institution Columbia Correctional Institution, or CCI, is a males-only maximum-security correctional facility located in Portage, Wisconsin (USA). Quick Facts
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