Jan 25 (Reuters) – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a lawsuit by current and former sales representatives who claimed they were denied overtime pay despite working more than 40 hours per week. The settlement resolves a 2006 lawsuit now covering more than 7,000 plaintiffs who have worked for the affiliate of Switzerland-based Novartis AG,…
More than a year after a federal appeals court ruled that Novartis sales reps are not exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and, therefore, should be paid overtime (back story), the drugmaker has agreed to a $99 million settlement, according to lawyers for the reps. The move is significant because, until now, drugmakers have been fighting…
Posted January 12th, 2012. Complaint Details Quest Diagnostics’ Employment Practices That Have Illegal Disparate Impact on Female Sales Representatives For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-788-0142, [email protected] (January 12, 2012, Newark, NJ) – Attorneys at Sanford Wittels & Heisler today filed a $100 million gender discrimination employment class action complaint against Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), Inc. and AmeriPath, Inc.,…
Posted January 9th, 2012. Employees of Color Detail Severe Patterns of Racial Discrimination & Harassment For more information, contact Jaime Baum, [email protected], (January 9, 2012, Los Angeles, CA) – A case filed by Sanford Wittels & Heisler today in Los Angeles’ Superior Court claims that John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota knowingly permits a corporate culture of racial discrimination and harassment. The…