FLSA Research Paper
The Fair Labor Standards Act
FLSA requires observance with payment of minimum wage. The federal minimum wage according to the US department of Labor "for covered nonexempt employees is $5.15 per hour. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. Where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages." (www.dol.gov) FLSA does not take the place of any state or local laws that are more favorable to employees. For Example, in the state of California, minimum wage is 6.75/hour, so the employee would profit from taking the larger of the two hourly wages. The FLSA explains "no employer shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of [forty] hours . . . at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed." (Law enforcement …show more content…
They must keep on file for non-exempt employees the name, home address and social security numbers. Also, when the employee's workweek begins and end, hours worked each work day and total hours worked each workweek. Regular hourly pay for any week in which overtime was worked, total daily or weekly straight time earnings, total overtime or compensatory time earned for the workweek (or period.). Additions or deductions from wages paid each pay period, the total amount of wages paid each pay period. For exempt employees, their full name, home address, and social security number are required, their gender and the beginning and end of the employee's workweek. By law, all these records must be kept on computer, paper, microfilm or other basic source documents, as long as they are accessible and are able to be
FLSA requires observance with payment of minimum wage. The federal minimum wage according to the US department of Labor "for covered nonexempt employees is $5.15 per hour. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. Where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages." (www.dol.gov) FLSA does not take the place of any state or local laws that are more favorable to employees. For Example, in the state of California, minimum wage is 6.75/hour, so the employee would profit from taking the larger of the two hourly wages. The FLSA explains "no employer shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of [forty] hours . . . at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed." (Law enforcement …show more content…
They must keep on file for non-exempt employees the name, home address and social security numbers. Also, when the employee's workweek begins and end, hours worked each work day and total hours worked each workweek. Regular hourly pay for any week in which overtime was worked, total daily or weekly straight time earnings, total overtime or compensatory time earned for the workweek (or period.). Additions or deductions from wages paid each pay period, the total amount of wages paid each pay period. For exempt employees, their full name, home address, and social security number are required, their gender and the beginning and end of the employee's workweek. By law, all these records must be kept on computer, paper, microfilm or other basic source documents, as long as they are accessible and are able to be