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The ________ exemption applies to employees compensated on a salary or fee basis that perform work that is predominantly intellectual in character, who possess advanced knowledge in a field of science, and whose advanced knowledge was acquired through a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction.

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Learned professional exemption

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The reason is that under the federal minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, the person who has specialist and predominant intellectual work knowledge are exempt from the salary or fee basis because the US government encourages its citizens to learn such unique knowledge. This includes certifications holders for example, auditors, Doctors, etc.

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