[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: 29CFR541.206]

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                             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. 541.206  Primary duty.

    (a) The definition of `TT`TadministrativeT'TT' exempts only 
employees who are primarily engaged in the responsible work which is 
characteristic of employment in a bona fide administrative capacity. 
Thus, the employee must have as his primary duty office or nonmanual

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work directly related to management policies or general business 
operations of his employer or his employer's customers, or, in the case 
of ``academic administrative personnel,'' the employee must have as his 
primary duty work that is directly related to academic administration or 
general academic operations of the school in whose operations he is 
employed.
    (b) In determining whether an employee's exempt work meets the 
``primary duty'' requirement, the principles explained in Sec. 541.103 
in the discussion of ``primary duty'' under the definition of 
``executive'' are applicable.