CPM FLSA Overtime & Exemption Rules 3

Question 1

Which of the following employees is most likely exempt under the FLSA's learned professional exemption?

Accepted Answer

A registered pharmacist who reviews prescriptions and counsels patients

Answer

The learned professional exemption applies to employees whose primary duty requires advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning, customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction — pharmacists typically qualify.

Question 2

Under the FLSA, a 'workweek' is defined as:

Accepted Answer

Any fixed, regularly recurring period of 168 consecutive hours

Answer

The FLSA defines a workweek as any fixed, regularly recurring period of 168 consecutive hours — seven consecutive 24-hour periods — which the employer may designate.

Question 3

The FLSA's 'salary basis' requirement means an employee must receive their predetermined salary:

Accepted Answer

Regardless of the quality or quantity of work performed in any week they work

Answer

An employee is paid on a salary basis if they regularly receive a predetermined amount of compensation each pay period, without reduction based on variations in the quality or quantity of work.

Question 4

Which of the following deductions from an exempt employee's salary is PERMITTED under the FLSA's salary basis rules?

Accepted Answer

Deduction for safety rule violations of major significance

Answer

The FLSA permits deductions from exempt employees' salaries for penalties imposed in good faith for infractions of safety rules of major significance.

Question 5

Under the FLSA, which of the following workers is specifically exempt from overtime requirements?

Accepted Answer

An agricultural worker employed on a small farm

Answer

The FLSA provides specific overtime exemptions for agricultural workers, particularly those employed on small farms that did not use more than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding year.

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CPM FLSA Overtime & Exemption Rules 3