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Because of the vagueness of this law, employers are able to find loopholes and pay women in California much lower than their male co-workers. [2] As of 2015, female workers make only 80 cents for every dollar earned by male workers thus putting the gender wage gap of 20%. [ 3 ]
California: $15.00 $15.50 $16.00 ... (Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 federal ... Employers covered by the FLSA must pay the ...
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.
RSA 275:70a (2019) prohibits and nullifies all existing non-compete contracts with low wage workers, defined as those earning hourly wages less than or equal to twice the federal minimum wage (assuming 2080 hours per year, the federal minimum yearly wage is $15,080; a low-wage New Hampshire worker makes ≤ $30,160 per year). [58] [59]
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. [75] 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. [76 ...
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 the United States workers generally must be paid no less than the statutory minimum wage.As of July 2009, the federal government mandates a nationwide minimum wage level of $7.25 per hour, while some states and municipalities have set minimum wage levels higher than the federal level, with the highest state minimum wage being $9.47 per hour in Washington as of January 1, 2015. [5]
The common legal opinion on federal child labor regulation reversed in the 1930s. Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 regulating the employment of those under 16 or 18 years of age, and the Supreme Court upheld the law. [12] After this shift, the amendment has been described as "moot" [13] and effectively part of the ...