541.100—General rule for executive employees.
(a)
The term “employee employed in a bona fide executive capacity” in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee:
(1)
Compensated on a salary basis at a rate of not less than $455 per week (or $380 per week, if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal Government), exclusive of board, lodging or other facilities;
(2)
Whose primary duty is management of the enterprise in which the employee is employed or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof;
(4)
Who has the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change of status of other employees are given particular weight.
(b)
The phrase “salary basis” is defined at § 541.602; “board, lodging or other facilities” is defined at § 541.606; “primary duty” is defined at § 541.700; and “customarily and regularly” is defined at § 541.701.