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

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

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.

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.

11-204 Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

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.

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 she’s on the customer’s speed dial during the testing and operation of the customer’s MediaBank software. As the intermediary between ...

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 circuit court should have awarded her double costs under Wis. Stat. § 807.01 (offer of settlement). We reverse the circuit ...