United States Supreme Court Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Not Entitled to Overtime Pay
In Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 132 S. Ct. 2156 (2012), the United States Supreme Court concluded that under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the plaintiffs, pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSR) who spent much of their time meeting with physicians and encouraging them to prescribe the defendant’s pharmaceutical products to their patients, were not entitled to overtime pay. Under the FLSA, employers are not required
June 25, 2012