United States Sixth Circuit

In determining whether employees are exempt from overtime wage requirements under the Department of Labor's "short test", courts must focus on the actual day-to-day activities of the employee rather than the employer's general characterization of a particular job under 29 CFR 541.103.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2001
• Decided 10/17/2001
• Published 10/17/2001

Judges

• Before: JONES, BATCHELDER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cecilia S. Petersen (argued and briefed), Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., A. Jackson Woodall (briefed), Thomas F. Fine (briefed), Sr. Litigation Atty., John E. Slater (argued and briefed), Jane Park Farris (briefed), Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.