In a victory for workers, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a 2d Circuit decision stating that pharmaceutical sales reps are entitled to overtime pay. In Novartis, the 2d Circuit court determined that pharmaceutical sales reps are not “outside sales” people and are covered by federal wage and hour laws, entitling them to overtime pay. The court’s reason? Pharmaceutical reps do not actually make sales – they promote drugs to doctors who they hope will then prescribe these drugs. The 2d Circuit also determined that the reps don’t fit into…