Medical Equipment Installation Technicians - discussion of whether installers of medical equipment, whose work involves extensive travel in many states with toolboxes and specialized tools and equipment qualify for the Motor Carrier Exemption from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Further information:
Opinion Letter

Learned professional exemption - discussion of whether sales engineers, whose positions require a minimum four-year degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, qualify for learned professional exemption from the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the FLSA

Further information:
Opinion Letter

Part-time teachers - discussion of whether employees who work full-time in non-exempt positions but who also teach classes in addition to their non-exempt duties are exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA while performing their teaching duties.

Further information:
Opinion Letter

Regional Advocates - discussion of whether Regional Advocates, responsible for advocating for services for people with disabilities, can be considered an exempt administrative employees under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.

Further information:
Opinion Letter

Imposed gratuities - discussion of whether gratuities that are imposed upon customers qualify as tips and count towards the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA.

Further information:
Opinion Letter

Volunteer workers - discussion of whether the work performed by volunteer reserve deputies, temporarily employed by the County Sheriff's Department to provide security services during a regional state fair, is "occasional and sporadic" and therefore exempt from the pay provisions of the FLSA.

Further information:
Compliance Assistance

Volunteer workers - discussion of whether volunteer work performed by employees for their employer outside of their normal working hours and of a nature different to their normal duties is exempt from the provisions of the FLSA.

Further information:
Opinion Letter

"Professional" exemption - discussion of whether university professors, who suffer salary deductions for work of less than eight hours a day, qualify under the professional exemption from the FLSA for teachers.

Further information:
Compliance Assistance

Medical coders - discussion of whether medical coders working at home are considered to be "professional" employees and therefore exempt from the wage requirements of the FLSA.

Further information:
Compliance Assistance

"Short call" work - discussion of whether hours worked at double time on infrequent occasions to cover for absent employees can be

• excluded as a result of the "short-call" provision from the calculation of the employee's regular rate
  
  
• credited against the employer's overtime liability.

Further information:
Compliance Assistance

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