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Managers Individually Liable for Unpaid Wages Despite Employer’s Bankruptcy

By Dennis Westlind on July 29, 2009
Posted in FLSA, Labor

A recent case should strike fear into the hearts of all upper-level managers and human resources professionals:  in Boucher v. Shaw, the Ninth Circuit ruled that individual managers were liable for their subordinates’ unpaid wages, even though the employer company filed for bankruptcy. 

In Boucher, a group of former casino employees sued the…

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