Overview
Linda Doyle said there are “millions of workers in the U.S. entitled to overtime pay” under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they do not meet the Act’s pay or duties exemptions. Ms. Doyle pointed out the problems this causes employers, citing one company that treated outside sales reps as exempt: “the DOL successfully argued that these people were non-exempt, because they were demonstrating the product and training clients. As a result, the company lost the overtime class action.” Read the full article.
