United States wage and hour law: an updated primer for foreign companies
Abstract
In 2002, Equal Opportunities International published a United States wage and hour law “primer” for foreign companies. That primer provided a basic overview of the U.S. laws regulating the compensation of employees who are working in the United States. On August 23, 2004, one major component of that primer changed: who is exempt from the over time requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. This article explains the new Fair Pay Regulations governing which employees may be classified as “exempt” and, consequently, not paid overtime for working more than forty hours in a work week.
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Citation
Collins Woodford, K. (2004), "United States wage and hour law: an updated primer for foreign companies", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 23 No. 6, pp. 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150410787666
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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