Fair Labor Standards Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act 1938-US

• Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) proposes to revise the current Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act) regulations pertaining to the exemption for companionship services and live-in domestic services. Section 13(a)(15) of the FLSA exempts from its minimum wage and overtime provisions domestic service employees employed ``to provide companionship services for individuals who (because of age or infirmity) are unable to care for themselves (as such terms are defined and delimited by regulations of the Secretary).'' Section 13(b)(21) of the FLSA exempts from the overtime provision any employee employed ``in domestic service in a household and who resides in such household.'' These exemptions were enacted in 1974 at the same time that Congress amended the FLSA to extend co...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 81190, December 27, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Wage and Hour Division

• Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

This document extends the period for filing written comments for an additional 14 days on the proposed revisions to the published on December 27, 2011. The Department of Labor (Department) is taking this action in order to provide interested parties additional time to submit comments.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 11021, February 24, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Wage and Hour Division

• Bna Books Announces the Publication of the '2011 Supplement' to 'the Fair Labor Standards Act, Second Edition'

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2011 Supplement to The Fair Labor Standards Act, Second Edition, providing the latest updates on case law and regulation related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090105/56509LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• December 06, 2011

• Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

This document extends the period for filing written comments until March 21, 2012 on the proposed revisions to the . On February 24, 2012, the Department published a document extending the comment period for the proposed revisions published on December 27, 2011 by an additional 14 days. This document further extends the comment period to March 21, 2012. The Department of Labor (Department) is taking this action in order to provide interested parties additional time to submit comments.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 14688, March 13, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Wage and Hour Division

• Successor Liability Applies To Claims Under The Fair Labor Standards Act According To Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals

Keywords: successor liability, FLSA claims, federal bankruptcy In a decision that might raise more questions than it answers, a federal appellate c...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English
• Insolvency/Bankruptcy and Re-structuring

• It's Always Something!(Fair Labor Standards Act)

Just when you think you have everything under control, some new problem or challenge comes along. It is that way with many things and the law is no ex...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Updating Regulations Issued Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

• FR, July 28, 2008
• Proposed rules
• Wage and Hour Division

• 29 CFR 536.3 - “Area of production” as used in section 13(b)(14) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 29: Labor

• Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (Flsa)

continues to be a challenge for employers. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the U.S. Depart of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recouped back wages totaling $185,287,827 for 228,645 workers. While this amount is down from the $220,613,703 recouped in FY 2007, it still represents a 40 percent increase over the FY 2001 amount. Since FY 2001, WHD has recouped more than $1.4 billion in back wages for over two million workers (DOL News Release, 2009). In addition to the back wages recouped by the federal government, employers in a variety of industries all across the United States have over the last ten years been staggered by large settlements awarded to employees in class action litigation estimated to be as high as $319 million in 2007 and e...

• Allied Academies International Conference. Academy of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues. Proceedings
• Vol. 13 Nbr. 1, January 2009

• Pay administration: Fair Labor Standards Act; revisions,

• FR, May 26, 2006
• Proposed rules
• Personnel Management Office