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  Congress and the courts have both recognized that, of all the acts of social legislation, the Fair Labor Standards Act has the broadest definition of 'employee.' See 81 Cong. Rec. 7657 (remarks of Senator Hugo L. Black); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Zippo Manufacturing Co., 713 F.2d 32, 37 (3d Cir. 1983). In determining whether a worker is an 'employee' of another person or organization within the purview of the FLSA [As the district court aptly observed, the definitions included in the FLSA provide little assistance in determining the meaning of the word 'employee.' 'Employee' is defined by the ...