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I have 2 salaried employees, they are estimators and deal mainly with customers, they are trained with estimating systems, and basically they handle paperwork and customers, are they exempt from overtime?, at times if they are dealing with a customer that comes in at 4:55pm and needs help with an estimate, I do not want the estimator to come and ask me if they can work overtime in order to take care of the customer
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The Regulatory definition provides that exempt administrative job duties are
(a) office or nonmanual work, which is(b) directly related to management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers, and (c) a primary component of which involves the exercise of independent judgment and discretion about (d) matters of significance. the estimators deal with customers and are constantly making independent judgements regarding repairs, not sure if this makes them exemo
(a) office or nonmanual work, which is(b) directly related to management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers, and (c) a primary component of which involves the exercise of independent judgment and discretion about (d) matters of significance.
the estimators deal with customers and are constantly making independent judgements regarding repairs, not sure if this makes them exemo
Dealing with customers isn't going to be considered management or general business operations in most cases. That has more to do with bookkeeping functions. The fact that they exercise independent judgment can tend to make them exempt, but they have to meet all of the requirements.Also, it depends on how significant the matters they're exercising judgment on are (it sounds like it's what you primarily do for business, which sounds pretty important), and what sort of oversight there is. Do they have to run things by you? Do they have certain guidelines to follow? Or do they have total autonomy? The more freedom management or general business operations work they do, and the more they have to exercise judgment, the more likely it is that they can be considered exempt.
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