On October 3, 2011, the California Supreme Court heard argument in Francis Harris et al v. Superior Court, Case No. S156555. The issue here is whether insurance adjusters should be eligible for overtime pay under California’s wage and hour laws.

In 2007, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division One, ruled that insurance adjusters who sued Golden Eagle and Liberty Mutual were nonexempt from California’s overtime laws. The insurers had argued that the adjustors were subject to the “administrative exemption” to California’s overtime rules, which provides that persons employed in “administrative, executive, or professional capacities” are exempt from overtime.