An “escrow manager” classified as an administrative employee by the employer can proceed on her claim of unpaid overtime and retaliatory discharge under the Fair Labor Standards Act, rules a federal district court in Arkansas.

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Truck dispatchers whose daily tasks involved ensuring that the company’s product was delivered “timely and efficiently” were not performing exempt administrative duties under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal district court rules. Read more

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Daycare center instructors who spend a majority of their time teaching children between the ages of three and five, may not qualify for the teacher exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act, says the U.S. Dept. of Labor Office of Enforcement Policy, in another recently released opinion letter.
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Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, white collar employees serving in an administrative exempt category must be paid on a salary basis of at least $455 per week, among other criteria. The exemption is lost if it is demonstrated that the employer does not intend to pay employees on a salary basis, such as having an actual practice of making improper deductions from the salary. Read more

A “Senior Professional Sales Representative” who elaborated on the “independent and managerial qualities that her position required” and was responsible to form a strategic plan designed to maximize sales in her territory was an exempt administrative employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act and thus not entitled to overtime payments for her work, the Third Circuit rules.
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Auto damage adjusters for an insurance company meet the criteria of exempt administrative employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and are thus exempt from overtime payments, rules the D.C. Circuit.
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