What Are Employment Conditions |
Employment conditions
for employment that is agreed upon between the employer
and the employee. Some of these conditions are
covered by the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and some are not.
The FLSA is
administered and enforced by the Wage and Hour Division
of the Employment Standards Administration in the
Department of Labor. |
Hours Worked Requirements Under The FSLA |
The links below take you to
federal guidelines concerning employment conditions.
How Many Hours Is Full-Time Employment: The
FSLA does not define how many hours is full-time
employment. This is defined by the employer.
How Many Hours Is Part-Time Employment:
The
FSLA does not define how many hours is part-time
employment. This is defined by the employer.
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Who Is Covered Under The FLSA |
All employees of
certain enterprises are covered by the FLSA.
See the FLSA details. |
Exemptions Under The FLSA |
There are some
exemptions to overtime pay under the FLSA. These
exemptions include commissioned sales employers,
computer professionals, drivers, farm workers, salesmen,
mechanics, etc.
See the FLSA details. |
Night
or Night Shift |
The employer is not
required to provide extra pay for working night shift.
However, if nonexempt workers work over 40 hours in a
work week, they must be paid overtime
.See the FLSA details.
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Flexible Schedule |
A flexible work
schedule is an alternative to the traditional "9-to-5",
40-hour work week, allowing employees to vary their
arrival and/or departure times.
Flexible schedule is a
matter of agreement between the employer and employee.
The FLSA does not mandate flexible schedule.
See the FLSA details. |
Breaks
and Meal Periods |
The FLSA does not
require that employers give employees meal or rest
breaks. However, if the employer does offer breaks
(5-20 minutes) they must compensate the employees.
Employers do not have
to compensate employees for meal periods (which must be
minimum 30 minutes).
See the FLSA details. |
Weekend Work |
The employer is not
required to provide extra pay for weekend work. However,
covered, non-exempt employees must be paid at least one
and one-half times their regular rates of pay for the
time worked over 40 hours in a workweek.
See the FLSA details.
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Travel Time |
Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA), time spent traveling during normal
work hours is considered work time and employees must be
paid for this travel time. Generally, time spent
commuting is not work time.
See the FLSA details. |
Job
Sharing |
Job sharing means that
two (or more) workers share the duties of one full-time
job, each working part time; or two or more workers who
have unrelated part-time assignments share the same
budget line.
Job sharing is a
matter of agreement between the employer and the
employee. The FLSA does not regulate this.
See the FLSA details. |
Overtime Pay |
Employees covered by
the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must receive
overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a
workweek of at least one and one-half times their
regular rate of pay.
The FLSA does not
require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays,
holidays, or regular days of rest unless those hours
exceed 40 for the workweek. Extra pay for working
weekends or nights is a matter of agreement between the
employer and the employee.
See the FLSA details. |