Sales Reps File More Overtime Lawsuits

Sales Reps File More Overtime Lawsuits

Partner Charles Joseph's lawsuits against Abbott Laboratories and Bristol-Myers-Squibb for failing to pay overtime to pharmaceutical sales representatives appear on Pharmalot.com (June 28, 2007). The drug makers classified sales reps as "exempt" employees, but in reality, Joseph explained, they have no sales or decision-making responsibility and work 60 to 70 hours a week without overtime compensation.