Bargas

*1195 AMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

This matter came on for trial before the Court sitting without a jury on November 1 through November 10, 2016. Following the presentation of evidence and the parties’ closing arguments, the matter was taken under submission.

Having carefully reviewed the récord and the arguments of counsel, as presented at the trial and in their written submissions, the .Court now makes the following findings of fact and reaches the following conclusions of law under Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Any finding of fact that constitutes a conclusión of law is also hereby adopted as a conclusion of law, and any conclusion of law that constitutes a finding of fact is also hereby adopted as a finding of fact.

The Court awards a modest verdict to Plaintiff Marine Bargas based on certain weeks in which she was classified improperly as an exempt employee. That sentence encompasses why this action was unusual. The dispute was not whether overtime hours were worked, although the Court concludes that Plaintiff overstated her hours to a degree. Ultimately, the dispute was not even whether the job itself could properly be classified as…