The Fair Labor Standards Act

Read about the Fair Labor Standards Act  on the US Department of Labor web site and how it pertains to you whether you belong to a union or not.

Synopsis of Law (from the US DOL web site)

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to the minimum wage*. Overtime pay at a rate of not less than one and one-half times their regular rates of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a work week.

More information about the FLSA can be FOUND HERE

US DOL information on state LABOR LAWS.

NJ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WEBSITE WAGE INFORMATION