C.F.R.
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Title 29
» CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS › PART 541—DEFINING AND DELIMITING THE EXEMPTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL, COMPUTER AND OUTSIDE SALES EMPLOYEES › Subpart B—Executive Employees
(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 pursuant to § 541.600 at a rate of not less than $684 per week (or $455 per week if employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands by employers other than the Federal government, or $380 per week if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal government), exclusive of board, lodging or other facilities;
(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; 91 FR 27835, May 15, 2026]
Notes of Decisions
Ramos v. Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc., 687 F.3d 554 (2d Cir. 2012).
· cites it 6× “The only disputed criterion, and the only issue on appeal, is whether the teams of employees that plaintiffs concededly supervise constitute “customarily recognized department[s] or subdivisiones]” of Baldor, 29 C.F.R. § 541.100 (a)(3), defined by Department of Labor regulations…”
Morgan v. Fam. Dollar Stores, Inc., 551 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. 2008).
· cites it 4× “1 (f) (2003), 29 C.F.R. § 541.100 (a) (2006). As to the remaining Plaintiffs, the jury determined Family Dollar failed to prove they were exempt executive employees.”
Gerard Morrison v. Cnty. of Fairfax, VA, 826 F.3d 758 (4th Cir. 2016).
· cites it 6× “” 29 C.F.R. §541.100 . The administrative exemption similarly turns on a management-related primary duty: An “employee employed in a bona fide administrative capacity” is one who, in addition to earning at least $455 per week and exercising discretion on significant matters, 3…”
Rooney v. Town of Groton, 577 F. Supp. 2d 513 (D. Mass. 2008).
· cites it 16× “2) Two changes to the FLSA regulations were made that are significant to this case: (1) 29 C.F.R. § 541.100 was amended to include a higher weekly salary requirement and a requirement that to be an exempt executive, the employee must have “the authority to hire or fire other…”
Helix Energy Solutions Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, 598 U.S. 39 (2023).
· cites it 3× “29 CFR §§ 541.100 , 541.601(a), (b)(1). The general rule considers employees to be execu- tives when they are “[c]ompensated on a salary basis” (salary-basis test); “at a rate of not less than $455 per week” (salary-level test); and carry out three listed…”
Mullins v. City of New York, 653 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2011).
· cites it 4× “29 C.F.R. § 541.100 (a). In addition to revising the executive exemption in 2004, the DOL promulgated additional provisions defining the scope of the FLSA exemptions.”
Scott v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 315 F.R.D. 33 (S.D.N.Y. 2016).
· cites it 2× “102 , and the determination of whether an employee’s primary duty is “management of the enterprise” is a factor that the trier of fact must consider in the primary duty test under 29 C.F.R. § 541.100 . “It is particularly inappropriate for a witness to track the exact language…”
Martinez v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 930 F. Supp. 2d 508 (S.D.N.Y. 2013).
· cites it 4× “29 C.F.R. § 541.100 (a). 12 Courts analyze these criteria in terms of a “salary basis” component and a “duties” component.”
— 29 C.F.R. § 541.100(a) — 10 cases
— 29 C.F.R. § 541.100(a)(1) — 2 cases
— 29 C.F.R. § 541.100(a)(2) — 1 case
— 29 C.F.R. § 541.100(a)(3) — 3 cases
— 29 C.F.R. § 541.100(a)(4) — 1 case
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