© 2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2025 ed. | v (4) Authority Necessary to Qualify as an Executive .............. 68 (5) Application of Executive Exemption to an Employee Who Performs Both Exempt and NonExempt Duties................................................................... 69 b. Administrative Employee Exemption........................................... 71 (1) Primary Duty Is Office or Non-Manual Work Directly Related to the Management or General Business Operations of the Employer............................... 72 (2) Exercise of Discretion and Independent Judgment........... 74 (3) Matters of Significance ..................................................... 76 (4) Examples of Positions That Qualify for the Administrative Exemption ................................................ 77 (5) Examples of Positions That Do Not Qualify for the Administrative Exemption ................................................ 78 c. Professional Exemption ................................................................ 79 (1) Learned Professional Exemption ...................................... 79 (2) Creative Professional Exemption...................................... 82 d. Computer Professional Exemption ............................................... 84 4. Highly Compensated Employee Exemption ............................................. 86 B. Other Exemptions ................................................................................................. 87 1. Outside Sales Exemption .......................................................................... 87 a. Federal Outside Sales Exemption ................................................. 87 b. Massachusetts Outside Sales Exemption ...................................... 89 2. Federal Commissioned Inside Sales Exemption....................................... 90 3. Motor Carrier Exemptions ........................................................................ 91 a. Federal Motor Carrier Act Exemption .......................................... 91 b. Massachusetts Motor Carrier Exemption...................................... 93 c. Massachusetts Common Carrier Exemption................................. 94 4. Seasonal Exemptions ................................................................................ 94 a. Federal Seasonal Exemption......................................................... 94 b. Massachusetts Seasonal Exemptions ............................................ 95 5. Blanket Exemptions for Certain Businesses ............................................. 96 6. Other Massachusetts Exemptions ............................................................. 97
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