| Representing Kansas Employees in Wage and Overtime Claims |
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The federal Fair Labor Standards Act protects the vast
majority of Kansas employees. The Fair Labor Standards
Act is often referred to as the FLSA, and it has really only
two main features:
***It guarantees a minimum wage of
$7.25 for all hours worked (with many
exceptions); and
***It guarantees overtime pay for
hours worked over 40 in a work week
(with many exceptions).
The Fair Labor Standards Act creates many complicated
issues concerning the issue of overtime pay. It sounds
simple to state that an employee is entitled to time and
half for all hours worked over 40 in a work week.
However, there are two main issues that arise with
overtime:
Is the employee exempt from overtime pay rules?
What hours actually count toward overtime?
EXEMPTIONS: The FLSA creates numerous exemptions
from the requirements that employees must be paid
minimum wage and overtime pay. Some of these
exemptions are complete, and some are partial. The most
common exemptions to the law are the so-called white
collar exemptions. Under the law, employees who work in
administrative, executive or professional positions are
exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay if certain
conditions are met. Click for more information.
HOURS WORKED: The other big overtime issue is what
hours actually count as hours worked. For example, if
employees have to work through their lunch breaks, this
will constitute time worked. Other examples of work time
over which a dispute might arise include on-call time (click
for more information), days off when work is performed
for the employer, travel time and activities that precede
the start of work (opening cash drawers and counting
money) and conclude the work day (e.g., cleaning
equipment). Click for more information on what counts
as work time.
Click here for some Frequently Asked Questions
about wages and overtime pay.
majority of Kansas employees. The Fair Labor Standards
Act is often referred to as the FLSA, and it has really only
two main features:
***It guarantees a minimum wage of
$7.25 for all hours worked (with many
exceptions); and
***It guarantees overtime pay for
hours worked over 40 in a work week
(with many exceptions).
The Fair Labor Standards Act creates many complicated
issues concerning the issue of overtime pay. It sounds
simple to state that an employee is entitled to time and
half for all hours worked over 40 in a work week.
However, there are two main issues that arise with
overtime:
Is the employee exempt from overtime pay rules?
What hours actually count toward overtime?
EXEMPTIONS: The FLSA creates numerous exemptions
from the requirements that employees must be paid
minimum wage and overtime pay. Some of these
exemptions are complete, and some are partial. The most
common exemptions to the law are the so-called white
collar exemptions. Under the law, employees who work in
administrative, executive or professional positions are
exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay if certain
conditions are met. Click for more information.
HOURS WORKED: The other big overtime issue is what
hours actually count as hours worked. For example, if
employees have to work through their lunch breaks, this
will constitute time worked. Other examples of work time
over which a dispute might arise include on-call time (click
for more information), days off when work is performed
for the employer, travel time and activities that precede
the start of work (opening cash drawers and counting
money) and conclude the work day (e.g., cleaning
equipment). Click for more information on what counts
as work time.
Click here for some Frequently Asked Questions
about wages and overtime pay.
| Michael M. Shultz In Johnson and Douglas Counties 913-385-0808 785-838-4300 |
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