• The advanced knowledge must be in a field of science or learning; and • The advanced knowledge must be customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction. To qualify for the creative professional employee exemption, all of the following tests must be met: • The employee must be compensated on a salary or fee basis (as defined in the regulations) at a rate not less than $684 per week; • The employee’s primary duty must be the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor. Computer Employee Exemption To qualify for the computer employee exemption, the following tests must be met: • The employee must be compensated either on a salary or fee basis (as defined in the regulations) at a rate not less than $684 per week or , if compensated on an hourly basis, at a rate not less than $27.63 an hour; • The employee must be employed as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled worker in the computer field performing the duties described below; • The employee's primary duty must consist of: 1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications; 2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications; 3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or 4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skill. Outside Sales Exemption To qualify for the outside sales employee exemption, all of the following tests must be met: • The employee's primary duty must be making sales (as defined in the FLSA), or obtain orders or contracts for services or for the use of facilities for which a consideration will be paid by the client or customer; and • The employee must be customarily and regularly engaged away from the employer's place or places of business.
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