### Question
What does supervisor mean?


### Answer
**Supervisor** has the following meaning in *29 U.S.C. § 152*:

> any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 152*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS > SUBCHAPTER II-NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS**

