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Executive Order 2019-13. Website. www .michigan .gov /leo. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity ( LEO) is a principal department of the State of Michigan. The department oversees the state's programs for unemployment insurance, business growth, affordable housing, labor relations, and tourism, among others. [ 1][ 2]
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation was abolished with most responsibilities transferred to the newly formed Department. [1] It was renamed the Department of Consumer and Industry Services under an executive order issued in 1996 by Governor John Engler, merging most of the Department of Labor within the Department of Commerce. [2]
The Wage and Hour Division ( WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. [ 1] The Wage and Hour mission is to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the ...
The department was created by renaming the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth and reorganizing functions among state departments to ensure efficient administration. Included in this executive order, the Wage & Hour Division joined the Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration (MIOSHA).
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. [ 2][ 3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor". [ 4] It applies to employees engaged in interstate ...
For tipped employees, the employer is only required to compensate the employee $2.13 an hour as long as the fixed wage and the tips add up to be at or above the federal minimum wage. Minimum wage is enforced by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD). WHD is generally contacted by 25,000 people a year in regards to concerns and violations of minimum ...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination. This mission is based on the underlying principle that employment opportunities ...
Miami-Dade or Broward workers who think they’ve been violated under FLSA, H-2A, Family and Medical Leave Act or a number of other laws and programs can go by a Wage and Hour Division office in ...