01.01 A-C - Police Chief Application Process

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- Using systems analysis techniques and procedures to determine hardware, software or system fiwctional s�ecifications; � - Designing, developing, documeilting, analyzing, creating, testing or tnodifying computer systems or programs based on and related to user or system design specifications; - Designing, documenting, testing, creating or modifying computer programs related to machine operating systems; or - A coinbination of the above duties requiring the same level of skills. Combination Exemption Employees who perform a combination of various types of exempt duties may qualify for exemption if the exempt duties, taken altogether, comprise the employee's primary duty. However, the employee must still be paid at least $455 per week on a salary basis. Highly Compensated Employees An employee who earns $100,OQ0/year is exetnpt if the employee regularly performs any one or more of the exempt duties or responsibilities of an executive, administrative or professional eniployee. The employee must meet the salary basis test and be paid at least $455/week on a satary basis. Fringe benefits may not be counted towards the $100,000/year amount. This exemption applies only to employees whose primary duty includes perfornung office or non- manual work. Therefore, employees who perform physical �vork such as maintenance workers and laborers do not qualify for this exemption, no matter how much they earn. General Definitions & Guidelines ` Customarily and regularly A customary and regular duty is a duty that is performed more often than just occasionally — i.e,, noimally performed every workweek, not isolated or one-time tasks. Exempt vs. non-exeinpt work: E.xempt wor•k is ihe iti�o� k per,forrned by ezecrrlive, l7C�1111111S1i'Q11V�, ��•ofessio�ral artd cotf�prrter einployees. The defrnitio�t of exeittpt ia�ot•k i�reh�des "closely related tia�o�•k" lhat exempl enr�loyees pe��'orm. A�t exarr��le of "closely f•elalec� wo� k" is tivl7e�t the Firra�ice director• r�ses compr�te�• soflwar�e !o prepnl•e a btrdget presentation fo�• the C,ity C'orr�rcil. T'VF71%8 IBCj11lICC7IIy (IJIS 1)1Cfj� B2 CI )7011-8X8111�7/ C�tllj; il is closely related �o l�is exenrpi drrty of pre�at•ifag the btidgel. By defirrilion, crny titi�o� k that is �rot exe�n�t wo� k is »on-e�e�rrpt ti>>o� k Primary duty To qualify for any of the above exemptions, an employee's primary duty must be executive, administrative, professional, or computer work. Primary dt�ty nieans the principal, iiiain, major or most iinportant duty that an employee performs. Factors to coiisider include: . What is the relative importance of the exempt duties compared with other types of duties? (If the job exists mainly for the purpose of perfonning the exeinpt duties, it i5 likely to be considered exempt.) • How much time does the eniployee spend performing exempt lvork? (Ide�lly it should be 50% or niore of the time but this is not an absolute requiremeut.) '� 4