About Us|Contact Us|Site Map Search: DOP Services  Rules  Forms  Publications  Pay Ranges  Job Classes  Appeals & Reviews       Appeals and Director's Reviews    Civil Service Rules    Combined Fund Drive Compensation    Additional Pay for Employees    Assignment Pay    Compensation Rules    Compensation Training    Exchange Time    Exempt Management Service    Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemption Criteria    Hours of Work    Other Pay Types and Practices    Overtime Pay    Salary Schedules    Shift Premium Pay    Work Period Designation and Descriptions    Work Schedules Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employee Assistance Program Employee Benefits Information Systems Payday FYI PayDayFYIRequestForm Personnel Reform Reasonable Accommodation RIF/Layoff Training & Development    Union Contracts   Home > Employees > Compensation > Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemption Criteria     Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemption Criteria (Applied to both Non-Represented and Represented Positions) Two tests must be met in order to assign a position to the Work Period Designation (WPD) status of overtime-exempt. These tests are the duties test and the salary basis test. Determining whether a position meets the criteria of these exemption tests is difficult and requires experience both in the interpretation of the exemption language and an understanding of how the Department of Labor and the cou