Bloomberg: Novartis Salespeople Covered by Wage Laws, U.S. Says
By Margaret Cronin Fisk
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Novartis AG’s sales representatives are covered by federal wage-and-hour laws requiring payment of overtime, the U.S. Labor Department said in a filing, asking a federal court to reverse dismissal of a lawsuit.
Current and former members of the U.S. sales force of the Basel, Switzerland-based company sued in federal court in New York in 2006 claiming they should have been paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty dismissed the suit in January, finding they weren’t entitled to overtime pay as either “outside salespersons” or “administrative employees.”
Workers at the Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. unit appealed the dismissal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. The U.S. filed a so-called amicus brief on Oct. 13 supporting the workers’ position.
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