FLSA Overtime Security Advisor

Executive Employees

A full-time employee generally means one who works 40 or more hours per week and the equivalent of two or more full-time employees generally means a total of 80 or more employee hours of work. While full-time generally means at least 40 hours per week in this context, the Department of Labor will recognize established industry standards defining full-time schedules as 37 ½ hours or 35 hours per week where appropriate, but not less than that.

One full-time and two half-time employees are equal to two full-time employees. Four half-time employees are also equal to two full-time employees. However, the hours worked by an employee may not be counted or credited more than once for different supervisors. Thus, if two supervisors share responsibility for supervising the same two employees in the same department at the same time, neither supervisor would qualify as directing the work of two or more full-time employees or their equivalent. On the other hand, a full-time employee who works half of the time for one supervisor and the other half of the time for a different supervisor may be credited as a half-time employee for each supervisor.

Does the employee customarily and regularly direct the work of two or more other full-time employees or their equivalent?

Yes
No