Workers Employees Exempt from Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Under Federal Law

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The following are examples of employees exempt from from federal laws minimum wage and overtime pay requirements:

• Casual babysitters
  
  
• Persons employed solely by the individual receiving services (not an agency, non-profit, or other third party employer) primarily providing fellowship and protection (companionship services) to seniors and/or individuals with injuries, illnesses, or disabilities
  
  
• Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and certain skilled computer professionals (as defined in the Department of Labor’s regulations)
  
  
• Farm workers employed on small farms (i.e., those that used less than 500 “man days” of farm labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year)
  
  
• Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments
  
  
• Employees of certain small newspapers and switchboard operators of small telephone companies
  
  
• Seamen employed on foreign vessels
  
  
• Employees engaged in fishing operations