Our Services
Employee Classification Compliance
Here is a summary of the most important protections in the FLSA:
- Child labor: The FLSA includes provisions to protect children from exploitation in the workforce. These regulations set the minimum ages for employment and limit the number of hours that minors can work, especially during school hours.
- Equal pay and age discrimination: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 amended the FLSA, requiring that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment and that most applicants and employees 40 years of age and older cannot be discriminated against on account of age.
- Minimum wage: The FLSA sets the federal minimum wage, and the act has, until recently, been updated periodically to reflect economic changes. The minimum wage was last increased in 2009 to $7.25.
- Overtime pay: The act requires that employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek receive at least one and a half times the worker’s regular pay rate.
- Record keeping: Employers must maintain accurate records of hours worked and wages paid. This is meant to ensure transparency and enforceability for the other parts of the law.
The FLSA also applies to employee exemption categories and the special requirements needed when classifying each employee under that exemption status.
- Executive Exemption
- Administrative Exemption
- Professional Exemption
- Computer Exemption
- Outside Sales Exemption
- Highly Compensated Exemption