Case: Wage & Hour/Overtime (2d Cir.)

A federal district court in Connecticut properly found that Aetna Life Insurance Co. doesn’t owe overtime to nurse consultants who review medical insurance claims outside a clinical setting. Aetna’s nurse consultants were properly classified as professional employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, because their primary duty is to perform work that requires advanced knowledge, in a field of science or learning, that’s generally acquired through prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction, and they use their specialized knowledge and skills to analyze, interpret, and make judgments on the administration of medically necessary services based on varying facts or circumstances, ...