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Punishment And Work Law Compliance: Lessons From Chile, César F. Rosado Marzán
Punishment And Work Law Compliance: Lessons From Chile, César F. Rosado Marzán
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Workplace law activists and reformers find it increasingly more difficult to obtain redress for violation of workers’ rights. Some of them are calling for stricter enforcement and tougher penalties to bring employers into compliance. However, after seven and half months of participant observation at the Labor Directorate and the labor courts of Chile, institutions that use punishment as their main tools of enforcement, I am skeptical about the likelihood of success of mere punishment for effective workplace law enforcement and compliance. I am skeptical even though Chile is a country recognized as the Latin American “jaguar” for its successful economy …
Prescription For Change: Third Circuit Diagnoses Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives As Exempt From Overtime Pay In Smith V. Johnson & Johnson, Brooke Burns
Brooke Burns
This Casebrief recognizes the current division developing among courts concerning whether PSRs have been wrongly misclassified as exempt from overtime pay since the World War II era. Despite the Second Circuit’s more recent decision in In re Novartis Wage and Hour Litigation, this Casebrief identifies the Third Circuit’s jurisprudence in Smith v. Johnson & Johnson as providing controlling guidance for practitioners navigating the current legal landscape.