{"id":333,"date":"2009-02-10T08:06:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=333"},"modified":"2009-02-10T08:06:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T13:06:48","slug":"us-department-of-labor-issues-opinion-letter-on-college-assistant-athletic-instructors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2009\/02\/us-department-of-labor-issues-opinion-letter-on-college-assistant-athletic-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter on College Assistant Athletic Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Department of Labor recently issued Administrator signed Opinion Letter FLSA2008-11<\/a>. Although Opinion Letters only apply to the exact set of facts and circumstances presented in each case, they are a valuable aid in understanding current interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This Opinion Letter discusses whether Assistant Athletic Instructors (AAIs) qualify as teachers exempt under the FLSA.<\/span><\/p>\n

The facts are that AAIs \u201cteach proper skills and skill development to student-athletes\u201d; a bachelor\u2019s degree is required although a master\u2019s degree or equivalent experience is preferred. The AAIs spend more than half their time teaching \u201cphysical health, team concepts, and safety.\u201d Although they work under a head coach, they also exercise considerable discretion and independent judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The AAIs spend time on activities that don\u2019t include teaching activities, \u201csuch as developing effective recruitment strategies, recruiting and following up on prospective students, researching and targeting high schools and athletic camps as sources for potential student-athletes, and visiting high schools and athletic camps to conduct student interviews.\u201d Since they spend more than half their time on teaching activities, however, the non-teaching time is not determinative. Furthermore, the institutions of higher learning where the AAIs work would presumably qualify as educational establishments. Therefore, the AAIs would qualify as exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the FLSA.<\/span><\/p>\n

State laws may provide rules that are more beneficial to the employee and must be followed. Contact Vision Payroll<\/span><\/a> if you have questions about this Opinion Letter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US Department of Labor recently issued Administrator signed Opinion Letter FLSA2008-11. Although Opinion Letters only apply to the exact set of facts and circumstances presented in each case, they are a valuable aid in understanding current interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This Opinion Letter discusses whether Assistant Athletic Instructors (AAIs) qualify […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[154,768,769,82,767,156,151,45,24,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}