Fair Labor Standards Act Updates Effective December 2016

Among its various functions, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) establishes minimum wage and overtime pay requirements that apply to employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.  See 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.  Under the FLSA, covered employees are entitled to be paid at least the Federal minimum wage, which currently is set at $7.25 per hour, and at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay for all hours worked over forty in a workweek, unless an exemption applies.[1]