joint employer; Third Circuit; assistant branch managers; FLSA

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Plaintiffs often attempt to impose liability on parent corporations for Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) violations allegedly committed by their subsidiaries.  They do so by arguing that the parent is a joint employer of its subsidiaries’ employees.  That strategy has just become more difficult for plaintiffs, at least those filing in

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