Wage and Hour

Law and Regulations

Law

• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Laws of the Wage and Hour Division

Regulations

• U.S. Department of Labor Regulations
• Wage and Hour Division Regulations
• FairPay Overtime Initiative
• Federal Register Documents

Compliance Assistance

• U.S. Department of Labor Home Page
• Wage and Hour Division Home Page
• Department of Labor Compliance Assistance Information
• DOL e-laws Advisor - FLSA Overtime Calculator
• Fact Sheets
• DOL FLSA Opinion Letters
• DOL Opinion Letters - Non-Adminstrator Letters
• DOL Opinion Letters - ABA index
• DOL Youth Employment Opinion Letters
• Field Operations Handbook
• Wage & Hour Advisory Memoranda
• OIG Report on Guidance and Procedures on DOL Settlement Agreements
• Wage & Hour Enforcement Statistics - FY 2007

Wage and Salary Surveys

Wage and Salary Surveys

• Complete Compensation Database - freeERISA.com
• SalaryExpert.com
• Salary.com
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensaiton - BLS
• Wages by Area and Occupation - BLS
• Wages by Occupation and State - DOL
• Wages, Earnings & Benefits - BLS

Cost of Living

• Salary Calculator - cost of living by city and state - Relator.com
• Latest Numbers - DOL

Wages and Hour - By Topic

Wage and Hour

• Wages
• Work Hours
• Wage and Hour Regulations
• Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations - Civil Money Penalties - 29 CFR 578

Subtopics

• Backpay
• Breaks and Meal Periods
• Commissions
• Educational Level and Pay
• Flexible Schedules
• Full-Time Employment
• Garnishment
• Government Contracts
• Hazard Pay
• Holidays
• Industrial Homework
• Job Sharing
• Last Paycheck
• Merit Pay
• Minimum Wage
• Night Work and Shift Work
• Overtime
• Overtime Exemptions
• Overtime Pay
• Part-Time Employment
• Recordkeeping and Reporting - Wages
• Recordkeeping and Reporting - Hours
• Severance Pay
• Sick Leave
• Subminimum Wage
• Tips
• Tips - Increase in Minimum Wage and 45B Credit
• Travel Time
• Vacation Leave
• Weekend Work

Child Labor

Child Labor

• Youth and Labor
• Child Labor Regulation - 29 CFR 570
• Child Labor Violations - Civil Money Penalties - 29 CFR 579
• e-Law Advisor: Child Labor
• Youth Rules

Subtopics - FLSA - DOL

• Age Requirements
• Agricultural Employment
• Child Labor Statistics
• DOL Kids Pages
• Door-to-Door Sales
• Employment by Parents
• Employment and Training Resources
• Enforcement
• Entertainment Industry Employment
• Exemptions to the FLSA
• Hazardous Jobs
• International Child Labor
• Newspaper Delivery
• Nonagricultural Employment
• Posting Requirements
• Recordkeeping
• Resources for Educators
• Resources for Parents of Young Workers
• Resources for Young Workers
• Safety and Health
• State Labor Laws
• Wages
• Work Hours
• Work Permits/Age Certificates

Exemptions from Overtime

Old Regulations (Pre-August 23, 2004)

• Executive, Administrative, Professional and Outside Sales - 29 CFR 541
• Interpretations - 29 CFR 541 Subpart B
• Computer Related Occupations - 29 CFR 541.303

Proposed Regulations (Not in Effect)

• Proposed Changes - Mar. 2003
• Summary of Proposed Changes - Mar. 2003

New Regulations (As of August 23, 2004)

• FairPay Overtime Initiative
• Final Regulations
• Side-by-Side Comparison
• Overtime Security Advisor e-laws
• Fact Sheets by Exemption and Occupation
• Online Training Seminars
• Sample Salary Basis Policy

Poster and Recordkeeping

Posters

• Links to Posters
• Wage and Hour Poster

Recordkeeping

• Regulations: Records to be Kept by Employers - 29 USC 516
• Recordkeeping and Reporting - Wages
• Recordkeeping and Reporting - Hours
• Recordkeeping - Child Labor

Independent Contractor

Internal Revenue Service Guidance

• Independent Contractor vs. Employees
• A Guide to Information Returns
• 1099 Misc Information Forms
• IRS Publications on Independent Contractors

State Wage and Hour Laws

Kansas

• Kansas Department of Human Resources
• Withholding of Wages - KSA 44-319
• Authorized Deductions - KAR 49-20-1
• Notification to Employees - KSA 44-320
• Deceased Employee Wages - KSA 44-318
• Payment Due Employee Upon Separation - KSA 44-315
• Payment of Undisputed Wages - KSA 44-316
• Kansas Service Letter - KSA 44-808(3)
• Kansas - Prevention of Blacklisting - KSA 44.117
• Kansas - Posters

Missouri

• Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations - Wage and Hour
• Missouri Wage/Hour and Child Labor Brochures
• Wage, Hour and Dismissal Rights - RSMo. 290
• Employees Paid Semi-monthly, Statement of Deductions - RSMo. 290.080
• Factory Employee Paid Semi-monthly - RSMo. 290.090
• 30-Days Notice of Reduction of Wages - RSMo. 290.100
• Deceased Employee's Unused Vacation - RSMO. 33.102
• Payment Due Discharged Employee - RSMo. 290.110
• Commission - Termination of Employment RSMo. 407.912
• Missouri Service Letter Law - RSMo. 290.140
• Missouri Jury Service Law - RSMo. 494.400 - 494.460
• Missouri - Forms
• Missouri Posters

Nebraska

• Nebraska Workforce Development
• Nebraska Child Labor Links
• Nebraska - Posters

Other State

• Links to State Minimum Wage Laws
• State Minimum Wages - NCSL
• Links to State Labor Laws
• Links to State Labor Offices