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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 United States Department of Labor (DOL) holds significant discretion over how the companionship exemption is interpreted and applied in the workplace. Under the DOL's current interpretation, the companionship exemption applies to most home care workers (also known as personal care assistants), allowing their employers—unless they are in a state with regulations superseding those at the ...
The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [168] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.
In the Michigan House, lawmakers have introduced bills to address pending changes to the state's minimum wage and paid sick leave policies. Minimum wage, paid sick time loom over Michigan's lame ...
Currently, Michigan’s minimum wage is $10.10 an hour, and the tipped minimum wage is $3.84 an hour. The figures are slated to increase to $10.33 an hour and $3.93 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024 ...
Michigan's minimum wage now is $10.33 per hour; less for workers in restaurants and other tip industries. It would have increased to $12 by 2022 under the plan in the petition drive.
The Wage and Hour Division enforces over 13 laws, most notably the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family Medical Leave Act. [3] In FY18, WHD recovered $304,000,000 in back wages for over 240,000 workers and followed up FY19, with a record-breaking $322,000,000 for over 300,000 workers.
The minimum wage for minors, workers under 18, will be $10.61 an hour, 85% of the standard minimum wage. From Jan. 1, 2025, to Feb. 20, 2025, the minimum wage will be $10.56 an hour, and the ...