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Code · CFR · Title 29 — Labor · Part 541 · § 541.100

§ 541.100. General rule for executive employees.

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(a)The term "employee employed in a bona fide executive capacity" in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee:
(1)Compensated on a salary basis at not less than the level set forth in § 541.600;
(2)Whose primary duty is management of the enterprise in which the employee is employed or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof;
(3)Who customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more other employees; and
(4)Who has the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change of status of other employees are given particular weight.
(b)The phrase "salary basis" is defined at § 541.602; "board, lodging or other facilities" is defined at § 541.606; "primary duty" is defined at § 541.700; and "customarily and regularly" is defined at § 541.701. \[69 FR 22260, Apr. 23, 2004, as amended at 81 FR 32549, May 23, 2016; 84 FR 51306, Sept. 27, 2019; 89 FR 32971, Apr. 26, 2024\]
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