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Executive Exemption
Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustments to the minimum salaries for executive employees, administrative employees and professional employees.
Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary in California.
Updated to reflect expanded employee coverage of lactation accommodations, effective May 7, 2025.
Updated to reflect passage of the forthcoming minimum wage for agricultural workers.
Updated to reflect proposed regulations regarding the overtime exemptions for companionship services providers and live-in domestic help.
Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees, effective July 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for most white-collar employees and to the minimum hourly pay for computer employees, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive and administrative employees, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees and the minimum hourly wage for computer professionals, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect the vacatur of the overtime rule updating and revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption requirements, effective November 15, 2024.
HR guidance on complying with the federal and state requirements for the executive exemption.