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    This document summarizes employee rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It outlines that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, overtime pay of 1.5 times the regular rate is required for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, and child labor laws restrict employment of those under 16 years of age. It also covers requirements for nursing mothers, tip credits, and enforcement of wage violations.

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    EMPLOYEE RIGHTS

    UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT


    FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

    $7.25 BEGINNING JULY 24, 2009


    PER HOUR

    The law requires employers to display this poster where employees can readily see it.

    OVERTIME PAY At least 1½ times the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

    CHILD LABOR An employee must be at least 16 years old to work in most non-farm jobs and at least 18 to work
    in non-farm jobs declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. Youths 14 and 15 years old may
    work outside school hours in various non-manufacturing, non-mining, non-hazardous jobs with
    certain work hours restrictions. Different rules apply in agricultural employment.

    TIP CREDIT Employers of “tipped employees” who meet certain conditions may claim a partial wage credit
    based on tips received by their employees. Employers must pay tipped employees a cash wage
    of at least $2.13 per hour if they claim a tip credit against their minimum wage obligation. If an
    employee’s tips combined with the employer’s cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour do not equal
    the minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference.

    NURSING The FLSA requires employers to provide reasonable break time for a nursing mother employee
    who is subject to the FLSA’s overtime requirements in order for the employee to express breast
    MOTHERS milk for her nursing child for one year after the child’s birth each time such employee has a need
    to express breast milk. Employers are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom,
    that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be
    used by the employee to express breast milk.

    ENFORCEMENT The Department has authority to recover back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages
    in instances of minimum wage, overtime, and other violations. The Department may litigate
    and/or recommend criminal prosecution. Employers may be assessed civil money penalties for
    each willful or repeated violation of the minimum wage or overtime pay provisions of the law.
    Civil money penalties may also be assessed for violations of the FLSA’s child labor provisions.
    Heightened civil money penalties may be assessed for each child labor violation that results in
    the death or serious injury of any minor employee, and such assessments may be doubled when
    the violations are determined to be willful or repeated. The law also prohibits retaliating against or
    discharging workers who file a complaint or participate in any proceeding under the FLSA.

    ADDITIONAL • Certain occupations and establishments are exempt from the minimum wage, and/or overtime
    pay provisions.
    INFORMATION
    • Special provisions apply to workers in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
    Mariana Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    • Some state laws provide greater employee protections; employers must comply with both.
    • Some employers incorrectly classify workers as “independent contractors” when they are
    actually employees under the FLSA. It is important to know the difference between the two
    because employees (unless exempt) are entitled to the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime
    pay protections and correctly classified independent contractors are not.
    • Certain full-time students, student learners, apprentices, and workers with disabilities may be
    paid less than the minimum wage under special certificates issued by the Department of Labor.

    1-866-487-9243
    WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
    TTY: 1-877-889-5627
    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    www.dol.gov/whd

    WH1088  REV 07/16

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