What does the Fair Labor Standards Act cover?

What does the Fair Labor Standards Act cover?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.

What is an example of a fair labor standard?

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act: You are not allowed to work in any jobs that are considered hazardous. If you are 17 or 18 you may work unlimited hours in any non-hazardous job. 14 and 15 year olds can work only three hours a day on a school day and no more than 18 hours a week while school is in session.

What was the Fair Labor Standards Act intended to do?

Passed at a time when wages were low, wage theft was prevalent, and homework and sweatshops were common, the FLSA was intended to set a minimum wage floor, prevent child labor, and to provide for overtime premium pay to curtail excessive hours.

Who is covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Employers Who Are Covered The FLSA applies only to employers whose annual sales total $500,000 or more or who are engaged in interstate commerce. You might think that this would restrict the FLSA to covering only employees in large companies, but, in reality, the law covers nearly all workplaces.

Which countries do not have the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Key Takeaways

• Most developed countries with no legal minimum wage still have wage minimums set by industry through collective bargaining contracts.
• Some such countries with no legal minimum wages but extremely robust union memberships are Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Switzerland.

Who is subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Who is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Employees at businesses with fewer than two employees. Employees at businesses that have an annual revenue of less than $500,000 and who do not engage in interstate commerce[i] Railroad workers (covered instead by the Railway Labor Act) Truck drivers (covered instead by the Motor Carriers Act)

Is the Fair Labor Standards Act good?

The Fair Labor Standards Act is beneficial because it ensures reasonable work hours for employees, especially for young workers. Youth workers younger than age 16 have special limitations on the amount of time they are allowed to work on school days as well as non-school days.

What jobs are not covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Who Is NOT Covered by the FLSA?

• Employees at businesses with fewer than two employees.
• Employees at businesses that have an annual revenue of less than $500,000 and who do not engage in interstate commerce[i]
• Railroad workers (covered instead by the Railway Labor Act)

Is the companionship services exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Fact Sheet # 79A: Companionship Services Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (September 2013) (PDF) This fact sheet provides general information regarding the companionship services exemption under the FLSA.

What does the definition of companionship services mean?

Care. The definition of companionship services allows for the performance of “care” services if those services are performed attendant to and in conjunction with the provision of fellowship and protection and if they do not exceed 20 percent of the employee’s total hours worked in a workweek per consumer.

Is the Fair Labor Standards Act applicable to domestic service?

See Fact Sheet 79D: Hours Worked Applicable to Domestic Service Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for information on when the employee must be paid for time spent waiting, sleeping, and traveling. Also unaffected by this rulemaking are the definition of private home and the application of FLSA “joint employment” principles.

Can a third party claim an exemption for companionship services?

Third Party Employers. Under the Final Rule, third party employers of direct care workers (such as home care staffing agencies) are not permitted to claim either the exemption for companionship services or the exemption for live-in domestic service employees.