On March 26, 2010, Law360 reported on U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Deborah Chasanow’s denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss in Randolph v. ADT Sec. Servs., Inc., which we discussed here.  The opinion answers a question of first impression in the Fourth Circuit, holding that the Fair Labor Standard Act’s anti-retaliation provision protects disclosures to state labor agencies made in good faith. 

In the article, Mr. Woodfield points out that “under FLSA if you have a good faith belief in your claim, you are protected.”  When reporting violations to a state agency, “you don’t have to be correct, but you have to have a reasonable belief.”  Mr. Woodfield, the plaintiffs’ attorney, is a Principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm.  For more information about Mr. Woodfield and the firm’s Unpaid Overtime Practice, click here.

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