HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 28, No. 6 | Page 47

Hold your next meeting at the Continued from page 44 overtime claim based on the FLSA’s exemption of “salesman … primarily engaged in … servicing automobiles.” In reversing the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court held that service advisors are exempt, interpreting “salesman” and “servicing” to have their ordinary meanings and the use of “or” to have a disjunctive meaning. The employees argued for a distributive interpretation that would apply the exemption to s