Overtime Exemption Applied to Law Clerk Awaiting Bar Results

In Zelasko-Barrett v. Brayton Purcell, LLP, No. A130540 (Aug. 17, 2011), California's First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the employer, Brayton Purcell. The appellate court held that California's professional overtime exemption applied to the plaintiff during the period of time he was employed as a law clerk at Brayton Purcell and had not yet passed the California Bar Examination. To learn more about the decision and its implications for employers, please continue reading Littler's ASAP, California Court Finds Professional Overtime Exemption Applies to Law Clerks, by Alan Levins, Kurt Bockes and Rachelle Wills.

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