A Tennessee federal court recently held that a “Print and Archive Vendor Liaison” responsible for coordinating with outside vendors to print and deliver customer invoices qualified for the administrative exemption notwithstanding the employee’s inability to deviate from employer policies or budgets. See Boaz v. Fed. Express. Corp., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70342 (W.D. Tenn.
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Virginia Judge Rejects Highly Compensated IT Professional’s Misclassification Claim
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The FLSA’s technical “white collar exemption” regulations, slated for review and potential overhaul later this year, allow plaintiffs’ attorneys and even the highly paid employees they represent to challenge exempt status. A recent decision from the Eastern District of Virginia rejects one such claim brought by a highly paid information technology worker paid a…
California Federal Court Finds Healthcare IT Worker Exempt From Overtime Pay Under Computer Professional Exemption
By Noel P. Tripp on
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Changes in technology and technology-related jobs occur at warp-speed; the law, however, moves slowly. For this reason, regulations regarding exempt status of workers are sometimes drafted with broad language to capture future changes in duties and positions not in existence at the time the regulations are implemented. Regulations regarding the exempt status of computer professional employees are…