Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Wagoner Law Firm’s Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, or “FLSA Guide” for short, is an online resource for information about federal wage-and-hour laws and litigation. Although the FLSA Guide is written from a plaintiff-employee’s perspective, it strives to retain objectivity.
The Wagoner Law Firm’s Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act has been organized into the following sections:
- Origins & Overview of the FLSA
- FLSA Coverage
- FLSA Employer-Employee Relationship
- FLSA Exemptions
- Executive Exemption
- Administrative Exemption
- Professional Exemption
- Computer Exemption
- Outside Salesperson Exemption
- Highly Paid Worker Exemption
- Retail or Service Establishment Exemptions
- Transportation Exemptions
- Other Exemptions
- Common Overtime Violations
- Employee Misclassified as Exempt
- Employee Mislabeled as an Independent Contractor
- Off-the-Clock Overtime
- Inaccurate or Incomplete Time Records
- Employer Miscalculation of the Regular and Overtime Rates
- Common Minimum-Wage Violations
- FLSA Retaliation
- FLSA’s Statute of Limitations
- Collective Actions
- FLSA Settlements
- FLSA Civil Remedies
- Back Pay Damages
- Liquidated Damages
- Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
- Other Remedies
