Exemption from overtime
Anonymous, Alburn, Ala.
My wife is a registered dietician, which is a professional degree. Does this make her exempt from overtime per Section 13(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act? I ask this because her boss recently put her on mandatory nine-hour days for five days a week. I don't feel this is right, but after reading your September 24, 2007, article by Anne Fisher ("Do salaried workers get overtime?"), I fear she may be exempt by the FLSA exemption of employees "employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity." She isn't an administrative figure (i.e. anybody's boss), but her professional degree makes her fall into the same category as a doctor or pharmacist. I feel her boss is wrong in doing this, but I'm not sure enough to say anything. Can you please help clarify the situation for me?
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