context: Other courts have sustained complaints that merely refer to the possibility that some law has been violated.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: FLSA's anti-retaliation provision protects conduct based on good faith, although mistaken belief that employer's conduct is illegal
citation_a.sentence: See E.E.O.C. v. Romeo Community Sch., 976 F.2d 985, 989 (6th Cir.1992) (plaintiff who told school district that she believed they were “breaking some sort of law” by paying her lower wages than previously paid to male employees had “filed any complaint” under the FLSA); See also Malone v. Signal Processing Tech., 826 F.Supp. 370 (D.Colo.1993) (FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision protects conduct based on good faith, although mistaken belief that employer’s conduct is illegal). However, while a specific law need not be sighted or even known and the claim need not be meritorious, all of the interpretations of the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision contend that the complaint must contain some sort of allegation of illegality in order to be protected under the Act.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 976 F.2d 985, 989
citation_b.parenthetical: plaintiff who told school district that she believed they were "breaking some sort of law" by paying her lower wages than previously paid to male employees had "filed any complaint" under the FLSA
citation_b.sentence: See E.E.O.C. v. Romeo Community Sch., 976 F.2d 985, 989 (6th Cir.1992) (plaintiff who told school district that she believed they were “breaking some sort of law” by paying her lower wages than previously paid to male employees had “filed any complaint” under the FLSA); See also Malone v. Signal Processing Tech., 826 F.Supp. 370 (D.Colo.1993) (FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision protects conduct based on good faith, although mistaken belief that employer’s conduct is illegal). However, while a specific law need not be sighted or even known and the claim need not be meritorious, all of the interpretations of the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision contend that the complaint must contain some sort of allegation of illegality in order to be protected under the Act.