Executive Duties
•Primary duty is management of the enterprise or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision;
•Customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more other employees; and
•Authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as to hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or other change of status of other employees are given particular weight.
In addition to the salary requirements, the executive exemption applies only if the following three duties requirements are met:  1) the employee’s primary duty must be management; 2) the employee must customarily and regularly direct the work of two or more employees; and 3) the employee must have the authority to hire or fire other employees, or have her suggestions and recommendations as to hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change of status be given particular weight.  There are a number of important terms in these duties.  Let’s explore them.