And those employees who qualify as exempt are more often than not exempt under the executive exemption â sometimes referred to as the âmanagerialâ exemption. To be exempt under the executive exemption, the employee must satisfy a two-prong test: the compensation prong and the duties prong.
The meaning and origin of the expression: Rule of thumb. Rule of thumb. more like this... Meaning. A means of estimation made according to a rough and ready practical rule, not based on science or exact measurement. Origin. The 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb.
Replaced Old English wealdan. Meaning regulation governing play of a game, etc. is from 1690s. Phrase rule of thumb first attested 1690s. Rule of law supremacy of impartial and well-defined laws to any individual's power is from 1883. Meaning strip used for making straight lines or measuring is recorded from mid-14c.