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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor |
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Labor |
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Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor |
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Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales Employees |
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Administrative Employees |
29CFR541.300 - General rule for professional
employees.
- Section Number: 541.300
- Section Name: General rule for professional employees.
(a) The term ``employee employed in a bona fide professional
capacity'' in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee:
(1) Compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than
$455 per week (or $380 per week, if employed in American Samoa by
employers other than the Federal Government), exclusive of board,
lodging, or other facilities; and
(2) Whose primary duty is the performance of work:
(i) Requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science
or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized
intellectual instruction; or
(ii) Requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a
recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor.
(b) The term ``salary basis'' is defined at Sec. 541.602; ``fee
basis'' is defined at Sec. 541.605; ``board, lodging or other
facilities'' is defined at Sec. 541.606; and ``primary duty'' is
defined at Sec. 541.700.
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