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WE. _:' :'• •1J <br />Special rules apply to employees of local education agencies. Generally, these rules provide for <br />FMLA leave to be taken in blocks of time when intermittent leave is needed or the leave is required <br />nearthe and of a school term. <br />Salaried executive, administrative and professional employees of cowered employers who most 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 FLSNs 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 />M <br />