May 20, 2024
Sales workers for an international food distributor urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to review a Fourth Circuit ruling holding that they did not qualify for overtime exemption, saying it would be a waste of the high court's time and resources to mull an inconsequential question.
May 07, 2024
Employers need only adhere to a less stringent standard in proving whether a worker is overtime-exempt, the U.S. Department of Justice told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday in support of the reversal of a Fourth Circuit ruling that sales workers didn't fit the carveout's guidelines.
December 11, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court called for the views of the solicitor general in a wage and hour case from a supermarket distributor, asking the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday to comment on the standard by which an employer must demonstrate workers are exempt from overtime.
November 09, 2023
Sales representatives suing an international food distributor over unpaid overtime claims urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a Fourth Circuit ruling finding that they didn't fit federal law's overtime exemption, saying a question the company wants to be addressed would not affect the ruling's substance.
October 11, 2023
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several food retail trade groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Fourth Circuit decision not to apply an outside sales exemption to a proposed class of workers suing over unpaid overtime, saying the ruling went against six other circuits' positions.