The exemption is for employees who perform work related to the administrative operations, as opposed to production or sales operations. Duties are non-manual and directly related to the management policies or general business operations. Person customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment on matters of significance . Examples Determining the process to route a document for approval within a given timeframe and ensuring everyone gets copies is not considered significant. Other examples that are not exempt include approving expenses within established guidelines or budgets, and screening applications based on established criteria.
Persons employed as teachers or program coordinators are also exempt.
Duties require the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment or consist of work requiring invention, imagination, or talent in a recognized field of artistic endeavor. Job duties must be such that they could not be performed without application of advanced knowledge. The demonstrated application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consultations with users to determine hardware, software or system-functional specifications. The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or progress, including prototypes, based on or related to user or system design specifications. Employee remedies including back pay, liquidated damages, attorney s fees.