9.2 Laws Impacting Pay

Question 1

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)

Answer 1

A federal law that restricts child labor and establishes minimum wage and overtime pay standards for employees. The intent of the law was “to put a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours of work and to abolish abuses of child labor.

Question 2

Who is covered by the FLSA?

Answer 2

Nonexempt employees

Question 3

What is considered an exempt employee?

Answer 3

employers must pay a salary rather than an hourly wage.

Question 4

The Equal Pay Act of 1963,

Answer 4

which requires nearly all employers to pay men and women equally for the same work;

Question 5

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009,

Answer 5

which relaxes the statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit, providing “more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex…;”

Question 6

Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including the 1991 revision),

Answer 6

which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin;

Question 7

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),

Answer 7

which prohibits employers from discriminating against people with disabilities

Question 8

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),

Answer 8

which entitles job-protected leave for employees due to family and medical necessity.