[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: 29CFR541.305]

[Page 214]
 
                             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. 541.305  Discretion and judgment.

    (a) Under Sec. 541.3 a professional employee must perform work 
which requires the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its 
performance.
    (b) A prime characteristic of professional work is the fact that the 
employee does apply his special knowledge or talents with discretion and 
judgment. Purely mechanical or routine work is not professional.