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OTFER PROVISIONS <br />Special rules apply to employees of local education agencies. Generally, these rules provide for <br />FMI-A leave to be taken in blocks of time when intermittent leave is needed or the leave is required <br />nearthe end of a school term. <br />Salaried executive, administrative and professional employees of covered employers who meet the <br />Fair labor Standards Act (FLSA) criteria for exemption from minimum wage and overtime under <br />Regulations, 29 CFR Part 541, do not lose their FLSA-exempt status by using any unpaid FMLA <br />leave. This special exception to the "salary basis" requirements for FLSXs exemption extends only <br />to "eligible" employees` use of leave required by FMLA. <br />The FMLA does not affect any other federal or state law, which prohibits discrimination, nor <br />supersede any state or local law which provides greater family or medical leave protection. Nor does <br />it affect an employer's obligation to provide greater leave rights under a collective bargaining <br />agreement or employment benefit plan. The FMLA also encourages employers to provide more <br />generous leave rights, <br />25 <br />