Young v. Cooper Cameron Corp.

DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

The overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or “the Act”) are subject to an exemption for persons “employed in a bona fide ... professional capacity,” 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1), which is defined by regulation as work in “a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of special ized intellectual instruction and study.” 29 C.F.R. § 541.3(a)(1). 1 Andrew Young worked for three years as a “Product Design Specialist II” (“PDS II”) for Cooper Cameron Corporation (“Cameron”). When hired, Young had approximately 20 years of…