Flsa Section 7

It can be helpful to think of the exemption as broken into three tests.

Flsa section 7. Under section 7 j of the flsa hospitals and residential care establishments may use a fixed work period of fourteen consecutive days instead of the 40 hour workweek for purposes of computing overtime. The exemption is limited to employees of a retail or service establishment. Flsa section 7 k as background section 7 k of the flsa has alternative overtime standards for law enforcement and fire protection personnel.

Instead of determining overtime pay on a weekly basis it may be determined over a longer period of up to 28 days. 207 k an employer may cover employees performing law enforcement activities under special overtime provisions in lieu of the standard provisions in section 7 a of the flsa. Section 7 i of the flsa provides an overtime exemption for certain commission paid employees of certain establishments.

Under section 7 a of the fair labor standards act flsa overtime is defined as hours of work in excess of 40 in a week title 29 united states code 207 a. In relevant part section 7 a of the flsa requires employers to pay their employees overtime at one and one half times their regular rate of pay for time worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek. Under section 7 k of the flsa 29 u s c.

Determine whether the employer establishment qualifies. 10 t the flsa however did not define the term regular rate when enacted. Section 7 this section details the maximum hours allowed in a regular workweek.

A section 7 k of the act provides a partial overtime pay exemption for fire protection and law enforcement personnel including security personnel in correctional institutions who are employed by public agencies on a work period basis. Section 7 r of the fair labor standards act break time for nursing mothers provision effective march 23 2010 the patient protection and affordable care act amended the flsa to require employers to provide a nursing mother reasonable break time to express breast milk after the birth of her child.