Novartis Salespeople Covered by Wage Laws, Court Says
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Novartis AG’s sales representatives are covered by federal wage-and-hour laws requiring payment of overtime, a U.S. appeals court in New York ruled.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court today overturned a lower-court finding that the sales representatives fell under exceptions to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for outside sales people and administrative workers.