On April 2, 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro that automotive service advisers are exempt from overtime pay requirements under the FLSA. In its 5-4 decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court held that the service advisers—employees at a Mercedes-Benz car dealership who greet customers and advise about repair work—fall within the exemption applicable to “any salesman, partsman or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles.”