Wisconsin and 20 other states are suing the federal government over new rules that will make many more white-collar workers eligible for overtime.

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After much anticipation, the Department of Labor finalized its new overtime-compensation rule on May 18.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Obama administration in upholding a rule making mortgage brokers eligible for overtime pay under federal labor law.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that sales representatives for pharmaceutical companies do not qualify for overtime pay under federal law, a big victory for the drug industry.

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11-204 Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

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Pharmaceutical companies did not violate federal wage and hour law by classifying their sales representatives as administrative employees ineligible for overtime, the 7th Circuit has ruled.

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Employment FLSA; overtime An account manager for a software company is not entitled to overtime. “The account manager is not a salesman for Best Buy or a technician sitting at a phone bank fielding random calls from her employer’s customers—instead ...

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Employment Overtime The New Horizon Center, Inc., appeals the judgment entered in favor of Tahnisha Lamb by the circuit court following its de novo review of a court commissioner’s determination. See Wis. Stat. § 799.207. Lamb cross-appeals, contending that the ...

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