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- Understanding the Minimum Wage
- 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...
- Articles 2007-09-28
- Updated regs raise questions: the Labor Department's updated Fair Labor Standards Act is good news for business, but leaves distributors' inside sales question unanswered.(News)(regulations)
- 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....
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Analysis of the Department of Labor's Proposed Changes Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- By Thomas J. Flaherty, Elizabeth A. Lalik and Blake M. Guy By Thomas J. Flaherty, Elizabeth A. Lalik and Blake M. Guy
- Research articles 2003-06-26
- Congress will eye overtime.
- 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...
- Research articles 1995-06-01
- SHRM Applauds House for Standing Up for American Workers; DOL to Clarify Exemption Rules, Providing Overtime Pay to More Workers
- 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...
- Research articles 2003-07-10
- Labor Law Update.
- 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:...
- Research articles 2003-10-15
- Groups urge Congress to support overtime update.(Focus)
- 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...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Responds to Fair Labor Standards Act Suit Allegation
- 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...
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- Federal wage change raising concerns - Labor Department's policy on executive, administrative and professional employees exempt from the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act - column
- 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.
- Research articles 1985-06-10
- Recordkeeping Rules: Under The Fair Labor Standards Act
- 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...
- White papers 2007-08-15
- Stock Options And The FLSA
- 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,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Muddy Waters - The New FLSA Regulations
- 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...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Avoiding Pitfalls Under The Fair Labor Standards Act
- 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....
- White papers 2003-10-16
- Analysis of the Department of Labor's Proposed Changes Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- 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...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Changes to "Exempt" Status May Be Effective Soon
- 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...
- White papers 2003-09-11
- FLSA: What's Covered and What's Not
- 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...
- White papers 2002-08-28
Additional Resources
- Paying fair? - pending bills to reform the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Bills in Congress reflect small business's fight to reform the Fair Labor Standards Act.IN JUNE 1992, the Department of Labor DOL came down hard on Chris Lute, president of Portsmouth, Ohio-based Lute Plumbing Supply Inc. A DOL investiga- tion found the wholesaler in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act...
- Research articles 1996-03-01
- Troubled passage: the labor movement and the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Historical events show that oppositions within the labor movement had prolonged passage of legislation relating to minimum wages and maximum hours, contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 For most observers, the issue of statutory labor standards is inalterably linked to the labor movement. And indeed it...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- LABOR LAUDS FLSA AMENDMENT.(Fair Labor Standards Act)(Brief Article)
- Quick action is expected this month from the U.S. House on bipartisan legislation that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill would prevent employers from including profits generated by certain employee stock-option programs in overtime-pay calculations for nonexempt workers. The Senate last month unanimously...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Millions of dollars at stake in FLSA ruling. (Fair Labor Standards Act)
- Decisions by a federal panel and a federal circuit court are casting doubt on the classification of municipal employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. Millions of dollars may be at stake as the implications of these decisions work their way through courts, Labor Department...
- Research articles 1992-04-27
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