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29 CFR 541.100 General rule for executive employees.

29 CFR Part 541: Defining And Delimiting The Exemptions For Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer And Outside Sales Employees (29 CFR Part 541)

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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 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.

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ID: provision:us:29-cfr-541:541.100
sha256: 84329fda528a346102570dddc2d9a602a1714d6bafe3b2e0f34b10adda311575
Official text: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/part-541 · eCFR, up to date as of 2026-09-25 · Read 2026-09-29
Source: NovaCopilot

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