•The employee’s primary
duty must be the performance of work requiring advanced
knowledge
•In a field
of science or learning
•Customarily
acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
instruction
In addition to the
salary requirements which we already discussed, the learned professional
exemption applies only if the employee’s primary duty is the performance of
work requiring advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning which is
customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
instruction.We have already discussed
the meaning of “primary duty.”The
next set of slides explores the definitions of the other key terms in the
learned professional duties test.
