Federal Court Holds that Hershey RSRs are Entitled to Overtime

On February 23, 2011, the Honorable Magistrate Bernard Zimmerman, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, issued an order holding that the Hershey Retail Sales Representative (“RSR”) plaintiffs and those RSRs who have joined the case of Campanelli, et al. v. The Hershey Company, Case No. 3:08-cv-01862-BZ, are entitled to overtime compensation.  The Court held that the RSRs are not exempt under the “outside sales” or “administrative exemptions” as a matter of law.  Click here to read a copy of the Hershey Order Granting Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary.

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