Eastern District of California Holds That Unlicensed Accountants Are Not Exempt from Overtime Laws

In a case that will be of interest to any company that employs unlicensed accountants, including professional accounting firms, the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of California under Judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs in Campbell and Sobek v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Case No. S-06-2376 LKK/GGH. The court found that the plaintiff class of over 2,000 unlicensed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) associates was not exempt from California’s overtime laws because they do not qualify for California’s professional exemption, executive exemption, or administrative exemption.

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