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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Covered nonexempt employees?
Does "covered" here mean "covered by social insurance"?
Background info:
The FLSA does not provide wage payment or collection procedures for an employee's usual or promised wages or commissions in excess of those required by the FLSA. However, some do have laws under which such claims (sometimes including fringe benefits) may be filed.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces the federal minimum wage law.
More:
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm
Background info:
Minimum Wage
The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages.The FLSA does not provide wage payment or collection procedures for an employee's usual or promised wages or commissions in excess of those required by the FLSA. However, some do have laws under which such claims (sometimes including fringe benefits) may be filed.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces the federal minimum wage law.
More:
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm
Top answer
I believe that means "covered by this law".
- I believe that means "covered by this law".
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Blue Jay I believe that means "covered by this law".Right. Another page states this:
More than 130 million American workers are protected (or "covered") by the FLSA, which is enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. There ar
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