Are systems administrators exempt status for flsa?

Examples of Salaried/Exempt System Admins are

hard to find, but most either have supervisory responsibilities to

qualify for the Executive Exemption or significant decision making

authority to qualify for the Administrative Exemption. If the

primary job duties are monitoring, troubleshooting, maintaining,

and repairing computer systems the job doesn't qualify for the

Computer Exemption.

Since 2004 the Department of Labor determined

that the primary job duties of Systems Admins generally don't

qualify for any of the FLSA Exemptions. Most of SAIC's System

Admins were converted from Exempt/Salaried to Non-Exempt/OTE in

2008 during the MIS/IT Job Review Project lead by the Corporate

Compensation Department.

The following job duties were specifically

identified as Non-Exempt/OTE by the DOL, and enforced by the courts

when class action lawsuits were filed by similar IT support

employees in our industry.

"monitoring and controlling computer operating

systems. Sets up and maintains computer systems. Analyzes system

faults, troubleshoots, and runs diagnostic tests on operating

systems and hardware to detect problems. Evaluates and installs

developed software during various phases of testing. Reviews and

prepares documentation for systems and tests software. Performs

preventive maintenance on the operating systems and repairs

system/environment problems."