[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR541.102]

[Page 184]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 541_DEFINING AND DELIMITING THE TERMS ``ANY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED IN A 
 
                        Subpart B_Interpretations
 
Sec. 541.102  Management.

    (a) In the usual situation the determination of whether a particular 
kind of work is exempt or nonexempt in nature is not difficult. In the 
vast majority of cases the bona fide executive employee performs 
managerial and supervisory functions which are easily recognized as 
within the scope of the exemption.
    (b) For example, it is generally clear that work such as the 
following is exempt work when it is performed by an employee in the 
management of his department or the supervision of the employees under 
him: Interviewing, selecting, and training of employees; setting and 
adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; directing their work; 
maintaining their production or sales records for use in supervision or 
control; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of 
recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their 
complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary; planning 
the work; determining the techniques to be used; apportioning the work 
among the workers; determining the type of materials, supplies, 
machinery or tools to be used or merchandise to be bought, stocked and 
sold; controlling the flow and distribution of materials or merchandise 
and supplies; providing for the safety of the men and the property.