---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 541.702"
title: "29"
number: "541.702"
heading: "Exempt and nonexempt work."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/541.702"
---

# §541.702. Exempt and nonexempt work.


The term “exempt work” means all work described in §§ [541.100](/cfr/29/541.100.md), [541.101](/cfr/29/541.101.md), [541.200](/cfr/29/541.200.md), [541.300](/cfr/29/541.300.md), [541.301](/cfr/29/541.301.md), [541.302](/cfr/29/541.302.md), [541.303](/cfr/29/541.303.md), [541.304](/cfr/29/541.304.md), [541.400](/cfr/29/541.400.md) and [541.500](/cfr/29/541.500.md), and the activities directly and closely related to such work. All other work is considered “nonexempt.”


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 213; Public Law 101-583, 104 Stat. 2871; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950 (3 CFR 1945-53 Comp. p. 1004); Secretary's Order No. 4-2001 (66 FR 29656). 29 U.S.C. 213; Pub. L. 101-583, 104 Stat. 2871; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950 (3 CFR, 1945-53 Comp., p. 1004); Secretary's Order 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 22260, Apr. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted.