Legal Opinion
Schaefer-LaRose v. Eli Lilly & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 2012No. 10-3855, 11-1980, 11-2131PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
These two cases, which we have consolidated for opinion, involve the application of the outside sales and administrative exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-19, to pharmaceutical sales representatives employed by Eli Lilly & Co. (“Lilly”) and Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (“Abbott”). The plaintiffs in each case claim that, during their tenure as sales representatives with these pharmaceutical companies, they were misclassified as exempt employees and denied overtime pay, in violation of the statute. 1 The employers contend that…
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