diff --git a/backend/api/managers.py b/backend/api/managers.py
index 4294e515..a8e4fa0c 100644
--- a/backend/api/managers.py
+++ b/backend/api/managers.py
@@ -29,18 +29,21 @@ class AnnotationManager(Manager):
             distribution[username][label] = count
         return distribution
 
-    def can_annotate(self, label, project) -> bool:
-        raise NotImplementedError('Please implement this method in the subclass')
-
-
-class CategoryManager(AnnotationManager):
-
     def get_labels(self, label, project):
         if project.collaborative_annotation:
             return self.filter(example=label.example)
         else:
             return self.filter(example=label.example, user=label.user)
 
+    def can_annotate(self, label, project) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError('Please implement this method in the subclass')
+
+    def filter_annotatable_labels(self, labels, project):
+        return [label for label in labels if self.can_annotate(label, project)]
+
+
+class CategoryManager(AnnotationManager):
+
     def can_annotate(self, label, project) -> bool:
         is_exclusive = project.single_class_classification
         categories = self.get_labels(label, project)