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ABA Family Legal Guide
Law and the Workplace
On the Job
Wages and Hours
- What is the major law governing wages and hours?
- Does the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) require employers to offer benefits?
- What is the minimum wage?
- How is an employee's minimum wage rate determined?
- What does the law consider as an "hour worked"?
- Must the minimum wage be paid in money, rather than benefits?
- What types of credits is an employer allowed to take against the wage owed?
- Can the employer withhold money from an employee's paycheck?
- When is a worker eligible for overtime pay?
- Are all employees entitled to overtime pay?
- What is the overtime pay rate?
- How is the overtime pay rate computed?
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