Last week, a jury sitting for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded the plaintiff a whopping $80 million in damages for injuries he suffered in connection with his prolonged exposure to the herbicide manufactured by the defendant, The Monsanto Company. The plaintiff, 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman, used Roundup for more than…
At issue in several federal courts is whether or not pharmaceutical sales representatives are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA mandates overtime pay for non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a work week. Pharmaceutical sales representatives claim their employers have violated the FLSA by not paying them overtime….
Most employers prefer the at-will employment arrangement. They can fire their employees whenever it suits them for almost any reason (with narrow exceptions for anti-discrimination, disability and similar laws). An at-will employee works at the whim of his employer, and good job performance is no protection from being fired. That might be about to change…
