Marketing new drugs is an essential job in the Pharmaceutical industry. Without Pharmaceutical representatives, drug manufacturers could not effectively introduce new lines of products to doctors and the medical industry nearly as effectively. Pharmaceutical representatives typically spend days or weeks on the road, toiling long hours to make their quotas.

Unfortunately, many pharmaceutical companies misclassify these employees as exempt salespeople, when in actuality; representatives are prohibited by law from making sales. While the state of the law is still somewhat in flux, we believe that if you are a pharmaceutical representative, you should be receiving overtime premiums for your hard work and extra dedication you demonstrate to your company.