Fair Labor Standards Act Section 7
June 25 1938 ch.
Fair labor standards act section 7. 110 28 title viii 8101 may 25 2007 121 stat. Among other standards it established the federal minimum wage and put restrictions on labor by juveniles. This chapter may be cited as the fair labor standards act of 1938.
Start preamble start printed page 11888 agency. Chamberlain kaufman and jones is a law firm with a nationwide reputation in helping employees receive the wages they are due for all hours worked specializing in overtime law specifically collection of unpaid overtime pay due under the federal fair labor standards act flsa. The fair labor standards act flsa or act generally requires that covered nonexempt employees receive overtime pay of at least one and one half times their regular rate of pay for time worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek.
Passed in 1938 the fair labor standards act established laws and guidelines that are still relevant to american workers today. Section 7 r of the fair labor standards act break time for nursing mothers provision effective march 23 2010 the patient protection and affordable care act amended the flsa to require employers to provide a nursing mother reasonable break time to express breast milk after the birth of her child. 207 shall apply to a covered employee notwithstanding section 13 b 1 of that act 29 u s c.
What is the section 7 k exemption. 207 to require employers to provide nursing mothers reasonable break time and a place to express breast milk. Unless an overtime exemption applies the fair labor standards act flsa requires employers to pay their employees overtime compensation for any work performed in excess of 40 hours in a workweek defined as seven consecutive days.
The fair labor standards act is designed to insure that wage earners are compensated for overtime hours and provides. The patient protection and affordable care act the affordable care act amended section 7 of the fair labor standards act flsa 29 u s c. This subtitle subtitle a 8101 8104 of title viii of pub.
The new requirement became. The fair labor standards act flsa is a federal law which establishes minimum wage overtime pay eligibility recordkeeping and child labor standards affecting full time and part time workers in the private sector and in federal state and local governments. Section 6a 1 of the fair labor standards act.