Express Scripts Managers Get Collective Status in Overtime Suit

Express Scripts Inc. employees won conditional class certification in a suit alleging the pharmacy benefit provider misclassified them as managers to avoid paying them overtime wages, a federal court in New Jersey said.

Former senior communications manager Diane Perez alleged that although the company internally designated her as a “manager,” her job involved assisting in the assembly of letter templates informing ESI’s clients of prescription drug changes.

Perez said she, and others that ESI designated as “Individual Contributor” as opposed to “People Leader,” had no supervisory responsibilities over other workers.

ESI violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New Jersey ...