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Perspective

Jan. 26, 2010

The Complications of Overtime Exemption Laws in a Service Economy

Elizabeth Roth and Barbara Tanzillo of GCA Law Partners say winning or losing wage and hour cases hinges on the employer's characterization of its "product."

By Elizabeth Roth and Barbara Tanzillo

"Hello, I'm Ronald Reagan speaking for General Electric. At General Electric, you know, 'progress is our most important product.' But, all progress must have a starting point. All great human enterprises begin at a frontier. The pioneering of hostile lands...the mushrooming of the Atomic Age with its mixed blessing of destruction and construction...the rolling back of space frontiers beyond the planets to the stars...and the be...

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