If you are not getting overtime pay even if you are working more than 40 hours a week, then the questions to ask are whether you are meeting the current salary threshold of $455 a week and whether you are performing the actual duties of a salaried exempt employee (executive duties, ...
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Employees are deemed either exempt or nonexempt with regard to the FLSA. The FLSA applies to employers whose annual sales total $500,000 or more or are engaged in interstate commerce. Originally, the FLSA prohibited child labor; it has since been expanded to prohibit wage discrimination because...
Exempt Employees Overtime Only Exemptions Non-exempt Employees For those who are non-exempt, the FLSA governs wages. Currently, the standard federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. (To see state rates, click here). Individuals under the age of 20 may be paid not less than $4.25 per hou...
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Important Notice for Employers:Afederal court rulinghas overturned recent changes to federal overtime rules. This cancels previously announced increases to the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees. As a result, the minimum salary for overtime exemptions reverts to $684 per week. It's esse...
The workers in jobs which were guaranteed overtime pay came to be known as non-exempt workers and the 2004 update of the this law modified which jobs were exempt from the FLSA. The modifications to the definition of “exempt workers” made at this time has set off a flurry of overtime ...