FSLA

Term Definition
FLSA is The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (referred to as "the Act" or "FLSA"), is published in law in sections 201-219 of title 29, United States Code. The Act provides for minimum standards for both wages and overtime entitlement, and spells out administrative procedures by which covered work time must be compensated. Included in the Act are provisions related to child labor, equal pay, and portal-to-portal activities. In addition, the Act exempts specified employees or groups of employees from the application of certain of its provisions.

The Fair Labor Standards Act began applying to employees of the United States Federal Government in 1974. Section 3(e)(2) of the Act authorizes the provisions of the Act to be applied to any person employed by the Government of the United States, as specified in that section.

The FLSA is an umbrella statute that deals with a series of labor standards issues. These fall, roughly, into three categories: First, minimum wage (Section 6 of the act), second, overtime pay (Section 7) and, third, child labor (Section 12). Section 3 of the act defines the concepts used throughout the statute and, thereby, limits or qualifies its wage/hour and child labor provisions. Traditionally, Congress has mandated broad general coverage and, then, specified select groups or categories of workers who are not to be protected by the act. Section 13 provides a body of exemptions (or special treatment) for segments of industry and/or groups of workers.

Employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are required to keep records for a certain amount of time on wages, hours, sex, occupations, and other terms and practices of employment for exempt and non-exempt employees. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not limit the number of hours that an employee may work, either daily or weekly. It simply requires that overtime pay must be compensated at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the non-exempt employee's regular rate of pay for each hour worked in a workweek in excess of 40 hours per week.

Area of Application
Resource Management & Scheduling

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