The Fair Labor Standard Act, or FLSA, mandates that non-exempt employees receive overtime pay for hours worked beyond a standard 40-hour work week. Non-exempt employees are often paid by the hour, ...

Under both federal and state law, overtime compensation owed to a nonexempt employee must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay.” That regular rate includes not only the employee’s standard ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The U.S. Department of Labor regulates how and when overtime ...

Workers with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) coverage must receive overtime pay for hours worked above 40 in the workweek, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. FLSA-covered employees include ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-2 confirming that ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday proposed more changes to regulations governing overtime pay. But this move could make it easier for employers to offer better benefits to workers and could ...

DOL uses opinion letters to respond to fact-specific employer queries about wage-hour compliance. The Obama administration had discontinued the use of the letters in 2010 in favor of more broadly ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act generally requires that non-exempt employees receive overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek, at a rate of at least one-and-a-half times their regular rate ...

Colorado law is "silent" on how to treat incentive pay for working holidays, Chief Judge Philip Brimmer determined Amazon is not violating Colorado law by failing to include a specific category of ...