HRM 599 week 6 discussions Student NameInstitutionCase Analysis: Job ExemptionThe Fair Labor Standards Acts requires that employees be given the federal minimum salary for all hours the employee is in work and the overtime pay at time and the one-half the rate of regular pay for all hours worked over forty hours a week. However, Section 13(a) (1) of the Flair Labor Standards Acts provides an exemption for employees recruited as bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees. In skill builder 2, case 3, talks about John Krauss, who is employed by the National Bank for two years as an underwriter. He regularly worked overtime to evaluate the required number of loan application. He was not paid for the extra working hours. He inquired about being paid for overtime; however, the company told him that the position of an underwriter was exempt from the Fair Standards Act. He organized a lawsuit requesting to be paid for the overtime hours.As a judge, John Krauss should not be paid for the overtime work he does because his department is exempt from the FLSA. According to the rules of Fair Labor Standards