Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance Essentials

The United States has federal regulations on wages, overtime, and child labor protections. The legislation is called the Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA, which establishes federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards. The FLSA covers employees and enterprises engaged in interstate commerce. Specifically, employees may travel to other states for work, make phone calls or send emails to persons in other states, or handle records that are involved in interstate transactions. If a business has annual sales or business done of at least $500,000, the enterprise is covered by the law. Regardless of the dollar volume of business, the act applies to hospitals; institutions primarily engaged in the care of the sick, aged, mentally ill, or disabled who reside on the premises, schools for children who are mentally or physically disabled or gifted; federal, state, and local governments; and preschools, elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. In this course, you will learn about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the requirements necessary to be in compliance.