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In a second move, the Biden administration finalized a rule that will make millions more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay. How US changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime pay ...
Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.
First, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created a minimum wage (now $7.25 at federal level, higher in 28 states) and overtime pay of one and a half times. Second, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 creates very limited rights to take unpaid leave. In practice, good employment contracts improve on these minimums.
LMPD Sgt. Fey has made over $85,000 in overtime since the start of 2024. LMPD Sgt. Todd Jenkins has made over $76,000 in overtime. Corrections officer Royce Standard has made over $67,000 in overtime.
The proposal isn't dead yet though.
The state of California's overtime laws differ from federal overtime laws in many respects, and they involve overlapping statutes, regulations, and precedents that govern the compensation of employees in California. Governing federal law is the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 USC 201–219) California overtime law is codified in provisions of:
Most employees are entitled to be paid overtime for any hours worked over 40 in one week (and no, your employer can't average two or more weeks together). Unless you work for a tiny and purely ...