Just under a century ago, the US started to recover from the Great Depression. Workers were at risk of being exploited with low pay for long working hours. Many families were seeking to remain afloat made their children work. These children started working even lower wages, a situation that affected their overall well-being. To bring these practices to an end, the Fair Labor Standards Act became part of legislation in the United States. It was signed into law on June 14th, 1938, as the first act that prescribed nationwide compulsory federal regulation of wages and hours.
The Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) is a federal law that offers guidelines for employment and compensation. It includes information on the minimum wages, eligibility of overtime, definitions for part-time and full-time workers and more. It covers non-exempt workers who earn wages on an hourly basis, rather than through a monthly salary. This act also ensures that workers and their needs have a clear outline by sectors including local, state and federal governments. Furthermore, it outlines recordkeeping regulations to track payments made to employees.
The type of employees covered by FLSA includes those who can claim for mandatory overtime. These employees will typically work on an hourly basis, with a 40-hour work week. Any work done outside these hours means that the employees can be compensated with overtime pay or allowed compensatory time. The FLSA outlines various standards for compliance regarding claims by employees. For example, to claim overtime pay, an employee needs to fill out a detailed time and attendance record.
An essential part of the employer requirements under the fair labor standards act is the federal minimum wage. The current law has the minimum wage set at $7.25 per hour, a rate which was last amended on July 24th, 2009. Some other employer requirements under the fair labor standards act include the following: –
The overall intention of the FLSA is to protect employees from any work regulations or pay practices that may deem as unfair. Over the years, it has been periodically amended with increases in the minimum wage when viable.
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