When Congress updated the FLSA overtime law (Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1994, they did so with an eye to updating the changing face of the American employment landscape. Advancing technology has not only simplified the average Americans life in...
Wage and hour laws have been put in place on a federal and state level to protect the rights of employees in the workforce. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal standard which sets the minimum wage requirement for most workers (with exceptions) at...
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The first form of minimum wage law was introduced in 1896, but instead of requiring employers to pay at least a guaranteed minimum wage amount, the law in its infancy only set up arbitration boards to prevent labor strikes. Australia,...
In spite of the FLSA Overtime rules, each year employees are cheated out of their overtime pay by their employers. While some companies may unknowingly keep from paying an employee the overtime pay that they are due some companies intentionally do not pay their employees the “time and half” pay that they are due for...
