Wage Hour Law A Guide To The Fair Labor Standards Act And State Wage And Hour Laws

This indispensable guide provides a succinct overview of federal wage and hour law focusing primarily on the Fair Labor Standards Act. Ideal for professionals, students, or employees who want to become familiar federal wage and hour requirements. This guide covers permissible pay practices that both employers and employees will want to know about. In addition it provides a detailed summary of state wage and hour laws. Topics include: FLSA Coverage - who is covered and who it not; Minimum Wage Requirements - including deductions, cash wages, tips and garnishments; Hours Worked - including timekeeping, nonproductive time, on call time, training time and rest and meal periods; Overtime - The many different ways that overtime can be calculated including coverage of alternative pay plans; Exemptions - White collar, executive, administrative, professional, highly compensated, computer professional and outside sales; Child Labor Provisions - for both agricultural and non-agricultural jobs; Recordkeeping, Enforcement and Penalties.

Reference guide commenting on provisions of labour legislation in respect of labour standards in the USA - covers minimum wages, hours of work, overtime, equal pay, etc.

This highly useful reference outlines best practices in key areas of human resources that are not only fair and equitable, but that can withstand legal scrutiny. Industrial/organizational experts apply their empirical knowledge and practical experience to aspects of HR that are commonly litigated, including broad and specific topics in testing of potential employees, disability issues, compensation and pay equity, and work hours. The book is written to be accessible to readers currently in HR-related graduate-level training as well as HR practitioners with or without background in industrial/organizational psychology. And to add to its utility, chapters feature practical strategies for addressing each of the legal issues presented. Among the topics covered: Measuring adverse impact in employee selection decisions. Using background checks in the employee selection process. Disabilities: best practices for vulnerabilities associated with the ADA. Physical abilities testing. Wage and hour litigation. Clinical psychological testing for employee selection. Conducting compensation equity analyses. Practitioner’s Guide to Legal Issues in Organizations brings clear, up-to-date information to graduate students studying human resources, management, industrial/organizational psychology who are interested in legal issues, as well as applied HR practitioners such as industrial/organizational psychologists, human resources generalists, management and labor economists.

February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index