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Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
Section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 exempted "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional" employees from overtime pay requirements. [2] In determining whether an employee was exempt, the US Department of Labor and the Secretary of Labor applied a "salary-basis" test in 1940 that was not applicable to state and local employees.
He said some of the firefighters put in 1,400 hours of overtime, which taking into consideration firefighters already work 2,756 hours a year equals two full time 40-hour work weeks. That means ...
Another option is to raise employees’ salaries so they would remain exempt from overtime. But employers should keep in mind that two more increases are coming under the new timetable.
These changes take effect upon the expiration of existing contracts. Local law enforcement and fire employees, and state troopers and inspectors are exempt from these changes. [4] [11] [12] [14] Career executive transfers: The law allows state employees in the career executive positions to be reassigned between agencies upon agreement of agency ...
Aug. 2—Any firefighter who complains to outgoing Glynn County Fire Chief R.K. Jordan about mandatory overtime is preaching to the proverbial choir. "Start asking questions about mandatory ...
Under Section 7(k), when overtime officially begins for firefighters varies based on their specific work period. A firefighter working a 14-day work period begins earning overtime sooner than one ...
For example, "comp time" schemes in which employers tell employees that since they worked 10 hours on Monday they can work 6 hours on Tuesday are illegal because even though employees are not working more than 40 hours for the purposes of overtime compensation under federal law, they are working more than 8 hours for purposes of California ...