Review the case example of Smith v. Johnson and Johnson on page 423. Do you agree with the court’s ruling? Do you feel it is unfair to exempt certain employees to deprive them of overtime wages? Why or why not?
Question 2
o Prompt: What is the “employment-at-will” doctrine? What are the exceptions to this doctrine?
o Requirements: 250 words minimum for each question
Unit 6 Reading Assignment
- Case Example 22.4 Patty Lee Smith was aReview the case example of Smith v. Johnson and Johnson on page 423. Do you agree with the court’s ruling? Do you feel it is unfair to exempt certain employees to deprive them of overtime wages? Why or why not?
Question 2
o Prompt: What is the “employment-at-will” doctrine? What are the exceptions to this doctrine?
o Requirements: 250 words minimum for each question
Unit 6 Reading Assignment
- Case Example 22.4 Patty Lee Smith was a pharmaceutical sales representative at Johnson and Johnson (J&J). She traveled to ten physicians’ offices a day to promote the benefits of J&J’s drugs. Smith’s work was unsupervised, she controlled her own schedule, and she received a salary of $66,000. When she filed a claim for overtime pay, the court held that she was an administrative employee and therefore exempt from the FLSA’s overtime provisions.
representative at Johnson and Johnson (J&J). She traveled to ten physicians’ offices a day to promote the benefits of J&J’s drugs. Smith’s work was unsupervised, she controlled her own schedule, and she received a salary of $66,000. When she filed a claim for overtime pay, the court held that she was an administrative employee and therefore exempt from the FLSA’s overtime provisions.
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In my opinion, depriving overtime wages to particular employees by exempting them is unfair. First, employees’ salaries remain constant no matter how much they work. Marcum, Cameron, & Versweyveld (2018) found that exempt employees can work at night or during the weekend to ensure everything is in place and not receive payment for that time. Another reason is that employees will be more stressed, but their salaries remain constant. It is because exempting employees means they will have to work longer on responsibilities and obligations that do not reflect on their payment. Another thing is that exempt employees do not receive any bonus, no matter how much benefits they bring to an organization. Moreover, exempt employees usually have less flexibility because they must stay in the workplace until official closing time,
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