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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.
Instead, under Florida law, courts are required to "blue pencil" an impermissibly broad or lengthy non-compete agreement to make it reasonable within the limits of Fla. Stat. § 542.335. [26] Also if the agreement is part of a general employment contract then there is the possibility of a prior breach by an employer.
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.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has required a minimum wage of $2.13 for tipped workers, with the expectation that wages plus tips total no less than $7.25 per hour, since September 1, 1991. [191] The employer must pay the difference if total income does not add up to $7.25 per hour. [192] Non-tipped $7.25
To be exempt as an HCE, an employee must also receive at least the new standard salary amount of $913 per week on a salary or fee basis and pass a minimal duties test. [ 33 ] Although the FLSA ensures minimum wage and overtime pay protections for most employees covered by the Act, some workers, including bona fide EAP employees, are exempt from ...
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires a federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 but higher in 29 states and D.C., and discourages working weeks over 40 hours through time-and-a-half overtime pay. There are no federal laws, and few state laws, requiring paid holidays or paid family leave.
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established it at 25¢ an hour ($5.41 in 2023). [208] Its purchasing power peaked in 1968, at $1.60 ($14.00 in 2023). [ 208 ] [ 209 ] [ 210 ] In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 .
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez , 546 U.S. 21 (2005), is a US labor law case of the a United States Supreme Court , interpreting the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, as amended by the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947.