Ninth Circuit Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Reps are Exempt Administrative Employees

In a consolidated decision in three actions against Bayer Corporation, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Roche Laboratories, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the pharmaceutical companies, holding that their pharmaceutical sales representatives were properly classified as administratively exempt under California law. To learn more about the decision, please continue reading at Littler’s Wage & Hour Counsel.

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