Child labor: The FLSA includes provisions to protect children from exploitation in the workforce. These regulations set the minimum ages for employment and limit the number of hours that minors can work, especially during school hours. Equal pay and age discrimination: The Equal Pay Act of 1963...
There is no minimum number of people that must be on your payroll before your company is responsible to comply with federal standards. However, some members of the workforce are exempt in whole or in part from the FLSA. Those exemptions are discussed immediately below. Exempt Employees Employers...
their duties, and whether they meet the tests could be cumbersome to complete in this short timeframe. However, it should also be noted the HCE threshold applies to a limited number of employees who would not pass the exempt duties test(s)....
Learn what to know about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Discover how it impacts your business and what can happen if you don't comply.
While the FLSA and the minimum wage requirements it brings may have been passed with the best of intentions, many minimum wage workers are learning these requirements may be an additional barrier to finding or maintaining employment. This paper takes a look at the unintended consequences of the ...
“This injunction came just eight days before the ruling was to go into effect and many retailers had already either communicated or implemented plans, so turning back was not an option,” said Craig Rowley, Korn Ferry Senior Partner, Retail and...
The FLSA requires that employers pay employees at least the hourly minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour (The Wall Street Journal, 2009). In addition to minimum wage standards The Act addresses several other employment issues such as overtime pay of one-and-one-half the rate of ...
A.The FLSA is the most general federal labor law. It contains the minimum wage provisions, Equal Pay Act, child labor restrictions, and a variety of other federal labor and employment law sections. A key provision of the Act is that most employees must be paid time and one-half for all...
Since South Carolina does not have a state-specific minimum wage, South Carolina employees are subject to the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour, as set bythe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)and supporting rules and regulations. That minimum wage number has not changed since 2009, and since ...
Minimum wage Overtime pay Recordkeeping Child labor standards All these provisions cover both full and part-time employees in the private sector and Federal, State, and local governments. However, Wage and Hour laws are intricate, and compliance is often an issue. Although a company may ...