Christina Jaremus Discusses Computer Employee Overtime Exemption in Law360

Law360 quoted Christina Jaremus in its November 10 article, “3 Takeaways From 6th Circ.'s Computer Employee OT Ruling.” The article examines a recent Sixth Circuit decision clarifying that eligibility for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s computer employee exemption depends on an employee’s actual job duties rather than their title, education or formal computer training.

Jaremus emphasized the importance of looking beyond job descriptions when evaluating whether an employee qualifies for the exemption.

“They may be doing very exempt work, but the title or the job description don't capture that. The most important thing is going to be, what is this person actually doing? What are the day-to-day duties?”

The full article is available here.