Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Overtime Legal News Articles & Interviews

Washington, DC The potential for retroactive overtime for individuals working in pharmaceutical sales has moved that much closer to reality with a formal request from plaintiffs to certify their pharma rep overtime lawsuit as a class action in New York, California and Illinois.

Dayton, OH According to a new study conducted by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, pharmaceutical sales reached $307 billion in the US last year, the Dayton Business Journal reports.

Portland, OR Long after the last appeal has been filed and the final arguments made, debate will continue to rage over whether or not individuals performing in pharmaceutical sales are entitled to overtime pay. Pharmaceutical reps promote the products of their employers—which are then prescribed to patients by doctors and dispensed through pharmacies or hospitals to patients.

Washington, DC Major pharmaceutical companies have been facing a new enemy on the lawsuit front—and it has nothing to do with allegedly unsafe drugs. In this case, sales representatives engaged by the major drug companies to facilitate pharmaceutical sales, have been seeking the opinion of the courts on whether or not they qualify for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).