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Fair Labor Standards Act

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002038

A federal law, known as the FLSA, that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. It requires employers to pay covered non-exempt employees at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002038
FieldLaw
AbbreviationFLSA
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Fair Labor Standards Act",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A federal law, known as the FLSA, that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. It requires employers to pay covered non-exempt employees at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.",
  "abbreviation": "FLSA",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/fair-labor-standards-act/"
}

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