Every U.S. business must comply with the minimum wage laws of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. This article shows the current national minimum hourly wage, explains whom it applies to, and lists the exceptions. It also describes which elements of workers’ pay are included in the minimum wage...
The Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") regulates wages and hours, minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and restricts child labor. It has a multitude of definitions and rules that must be understood and accounted for. That's why it is a good idea for nowadays' payroll and human resources professionals to stay...
Department of Labor DOL opinion letters sometimes tip off HR professionals that some of their employees have been misclassified under the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA before employees recognize the mistake. Going to the DOL for help may seem lik Department of Labor DOL opinion letters...
The Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA was proposed for determining the ‘white-collar’ exemptions. As per the new regulations imposed by the Act, an employer would not suffer loss of exemption for involuntary deductions from an exempt employee’s salary. The new regulations continue to permit deductions in various circumstances without jeopardizing...
From the executive summary: ‘In recent years, attorneys who have made a living representing employees have been targeting employers at an alarming rate with suits brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. This strategy has been facilitated by the fact that the FLSA provides jury trials for employees’ claims....
Employers may soon need to review the "exempt" and "non-exempt" classification of employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA to determine whether they are correctly paying them. This is because the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed significant changes to FLSA regulations governing exempt employees. A recent attempt...
"The Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA is the federal law that establishes a minimum wage, premium pay for overtime hours of nonsupervisory employees, and protections for children who work. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor administrates and enforces FLSA. Unless an organization is...
On March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published proposed regulations that redefine the “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or the “Act”). The proposed rules would substantially modify which employees are “exempt” from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA, and would...
From the executive summary: ‘The Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA is the primary Federal Law that regulates wages and hours of employees. The FLSA includes minimum wage standards, overtime requirements, and child labor standards. The FLSA applies to non-exempt workers who are engaged in commerce, production of goods for commerce,...
The Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA, also known as the federal Wage and Hour Law, regulates minimum wage, overtime, equal pay, record keeping, and child labor for employees of enterprises engaged in interstate or foreign commerce and employees of state and local governments. The Wage and Hour Division of the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Effective August 23, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its revised regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act covering overtime pay eligibility--changes that were deemed long overdue by virtually all participants and observer WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Effective August 23, the U.S....
With a Republican House favoring business, even the 40-hour work week law is up for review. Known as the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA, it's been around since 1938 and covers about nine of every 10 workers in the U.S. Basic thrust of...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Society for Human Resource Management SHRM today applauded the House of Representatives for beating back an attempt to derail efforts to clarify Section 541 of the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA, and provALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Society for...
CLASS ACTION UPDATE: LARGE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT COLLECTIVE ACTION MAY PROCEEDIn Perez v. RadioShack Corp., WL: 21372467, 8 Wage and Hour cases 2d BNA 1409 (N.D. Ill. 2003), United States District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the Northern District of CLASS ACTION UPDATE:...
The National Retail Federation NRF and six other major trade associations urged Congress not to block the U.S. Department of Labor's DOL plan to update 50-year-old Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA rules on overtime. Groups signing a letter sent The National Retail Federation...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the "Company")(Nasdaq:ORLY) announced today that a former team member of the Company has filed a Fair Labor Standards Act suit alleging that she was not provided overtime pay during her period of service. The former team member claims to have performed duties both before...
THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION MBA continues to press Congress to protect the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) proposed update of the "white collar" overtime regulations implementing the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. As reported in THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION MBA continues to press Congress to...
A controversial Federal wage and hour rule change placed on the regulatory "back burner" several years ago is expected to resurface as an area of concern for the food-service industry within the next few weeks.
On Aug. 23, 2004, new and revised regulations regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA went into effect. Lending institutions, banks, mortgage banks and mortgage brokers (collectively, "banks") hoped that these new revised regulations On Aug. 23, 2004, new and revised regulations regarding the Fair...
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