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http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/minwage.htm
I just read this portion of the FLSA in regards to minimum wage and overtime. Here are a few interesting highlights that may affect some of us here. I provided the link in case anyone else wishes to read the entire text.
1) If the company does less than $500k a year in business, they are typically exclude from minimum wage requirements. ( some exceptions apply)
2) Employees of Seasonal Attractions are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements.
3) Employees of movie theatres are exempt from overtime.
4) Federal law provides a provisional minimum wage of $4.25 for any new hire under the age of 20 for a 90 day probationary period.
5)Standard minimum wage is $5.15. (States are allowed to require higher min wage), but any employee who makes $30.00 a MONTH in tips can be paid the lower wage of $2.13 (thats only a dollar a day in tips!)
6) An employee may be paid less than minimum wage if a mental or physical handicap will prevent them from being as productive as a able-bodied/minded person. Including if the handicap is due to age or injury.
After reading what the federal law allows employers to do, and what I have experienced in my days in retail, I now realize that I have been very lucky not to have worked for any companies that do the bare minimum. I worked in a movie theatre for 5 years, and they paid my overtime, even when I had a check for 90 hours in a single pay period. I was never subjected to a provisional minimum when I was younger, and I have never had an employer try to pay me $2.13 an hour even when we did typically get tips that would be more than a mere $30.00 a month.
I just read this portion of the FLSA in regards to minimum wage and overtime. Here are a few interesting highlights that may affect some of us here. I provided the link in case anyone else wishes to read the entire text.
1) If the company does less than $500k a year in business, they are typically exclude from minimum wage requirements. ( some exceptions apply)
2) Employees of Seasonal Attractions are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements.
3) Employees of movie theatres are exempt from overtime.
4) Federal law provides a provisional minimum wage of $4.25 for any new hire under the age of 20 for a 90 day probationary period.
5)Standard minimum wage is $5.15. (States are allowed to require higher min wage), but any employee who makes $30.00 a MONTH in tips can be paid the lower wage of $2.13 (thats only a dollar a day in tips!)
6) An employee may be paid less than minimum wage if a mental or physical handicap will prevent them from being as productive as a able-bodied/minded person. Including if the handicap is due to age or injury.
After reading what the federal law allows employers to do, and what I have experienced in my days in retail, I now realize that I have been very lucky not to have worked for any companies that do the bare minimum. I worked in a movie theatre for 5 years, and they paid my overtime, even when I had a check for 90 hours in a single pay period. I was never subjected to a provisional minimum when I was younger, and I have never had an employer try to pay me $2.13 an hour even when we did typically get tips that would be more than a mere $30.00 a month.
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