3rd Circuit Determines Correct Analysis For Student-Athletes As Employees Dispute

Mealey's (July 24, 2024, 8:21 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A trial court erred by applying the Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. test rather than “an economic realities analysis ground in common-law agency principles” when determining whether Division I student-athletes were employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority ruled, partially vacating the trial court’s ruling in an interlocutory appeal....