Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 09:55AM Supreme Court To Rule On Critical FLSA Overtime Issue
The United States Supreme Court will soon consider whether pharmaceutical sales representatives ("PSRs") are entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The case comes to the Court from the Ninth Circuit where that court found that PSRs are exempt from overtime pay under the FLSA's "outside sales" exemption. In contrast, the Second Circuit had previously ruled that PSRs are not exempt from overtime. Thus, there is a circuit split and the Supreme Court's decision could have ramifications for employers in general, especially those that maintain an outside sales force.



