---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 810.130"
title: "29"
number: "810.130"
heading: "Executive, Management, Research and Development, Engineering, and Other Personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/810.130"
---

# §810.130. Executive, Management, Research and Development, Engineering, and Other Personnel.


The average hourly base wage rate does not include any hours worked by:

- (a) Executive or management staff who generally have the authority to make final decisions to hire, fire, promote, transfer and discipline employees;
- (b) Workers engaged in research and development; or
- (c) Engineers, mechanics, or technicians, if such personnel are not responsible for maintaining and ensuring the operation of the production line or tools and equipment used in the production of vehicles or parts.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1508(b)(4) and 19 U.S.C. 4535(b); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 39810, July 1, 2020, unless otherwise noted.