Question: The employer is a not-for-profit corporation that provides services to mentally retarded and developmentally disabled individuals. It operates residential group homes for its clientele. Each such geographically separate house is under the sole charge of a house manager. The house manager's job includes
(1) managing the house's budget;
(2) hiring and managing other employees at the house; and
(3) maintaining employment records.
However, these house managers also perform nonmanagerial tasks such as transporting clients, assisting them with bathing and dressing, and numerous other chores normally performed by their subordinates. Should these house managers be classified as exempt executive employees for purposes of minimum wage and overtime pay under the FLSA? See Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Opinion Letter of July 14, 2000 [2000 WL 1537209].