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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1607 employee is employed or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof; (c)Who customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more other full time employees or four or more part time employees whose total hours of work for the workweek are 80 hours or more; and (d)Who had the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change of status of other employees are given particular weight. Administrative An employee is exempt as an administrative employee, if all of the following conditions are met: (a)They are compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than $955 per week, exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities; (b)Whose primary duty is the performance of office or non manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the County; and (c)Whose primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance. Professional An employee is exempt as a professional employee, if all of the following conditions are met: (a)They are compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than $955 per week, exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities; (b)Whose primary duty is the performance of work: 1. Requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction (doctors, lawyers, engineers, chemists, nurses, teacher, etc); or 2. Requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor (artists, writers, architects, designers, musicians, actors, certain radio and television announcers, etc.). Computer Employee An employee may be exempt as a computer employee if they perform the following kinds of work and meet all the following conditions: (a)They are compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than $955 per week, exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities or is paid an hourly rate of $27.63. (b)They perform the work of computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled worker in the computer field. Elected Positions An employee is exempt in an elected position if the following conditions are met: (a)The employee is not subject to the civil service laws of the State, political subdivision or the County; and (b)The employee is an elected official, a member of the personal staff of an elected official, an appointee of an elected official serving on a policymaking level, or an immediate adviser to an elected official regarding the constitutional or legal powers of the official's office. The above requirements are a brief summary of the requirements. Exempt employees must meet all the requirements as described in the federal regulation 29 CFR Part 591.