“Highly Compensated” Exemption

A group of field service engineers have filed a FLSA suit against Alcon Laboratories, on the theory that the company misclassified them as exempt employees.  They seek conditional class certification,
Continue Reading Newly Reclassified Employees Still Seek Overtime for Alleged Earlier Misclassification: That’s Not Nice!

On Monday, the Northern District of Alabama dismissed sixteen (16) individuals from a federal overtime lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz International Inc. (“Mercedes”) due to their status as “highly compensated” employees.  The
Continue Reading The Northern District of Alabama Finds That Mercedes’ Employees Are Too Well Paid to Sue for Overtime