United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit alleging that an employee's termination was in retaliation for reporting alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations internally to her employer, the district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim is reversed, where: 1) intracompany complaints may constitute "fil[ing] any complaint" for purposes of the antiretaliation provision of FLSA; and 2) the plaintiff's allegations about how she presented her complaint to her employer met the standard required to survive a motion to dismiss.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2012
• Published 01/27/2012

Judges

• Duncan

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Thorsen, King Fitchett Tower