On July 6 in the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor published proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standard Act’s white-collar exemptions. Under federal law, these include the following categories: executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer professional. The last is not recognized under some state laws, but remember that employees always get whichever is the more protective between federal and state laws.
In order for an employee to be exempt under the federal white-collar exemptions, there are generally three requirements:
