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EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
$5.85 PER
HOUR
BEGINNING JULY 24, 2007
$7.25 PER
HOUR
BEGINNING JULY 24, 2009
$6.55 PER
HOUR
BEGINNING JULY 24, 2008
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE
OVERTIME PAY
YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT
TIP CREDIT
ENFORCEMENT
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
At least 1 times your regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
An employee must be at least 16 years old to work in most non-farm jobs and at least 18 to work in non-farm
jobs declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.
Youths 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various non-manufacturing, non-mining, non-haz-
ardous jobs under the following conditions:
No more than
• 3 hours on a school day or 18 hours in a school week;
• 8 hours on a non-school day or 40 hours in a non-school week.
Also, work may not begin before 7 a.m. or end after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day,
when evening hours are extended to 9 p.m. Different rules apply in agricultural employment. For
more information, visit the YouthRules! Web site at www.youthrules.dol.gov.
Employers of “tipped employees” must pay a cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour if they claim a tip credit
against their minimum wage obligation. If an employee's tips combined with the employer's cash wage of at
least $2.13 per hour do not equal the minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference.
Certain other conditions must also be met.
The Department of Labor may recover back wages either administratively or through court action, for the
employees that have been underpaid in violation of the law. Violations may result in civil or criminal action.
Civil money penalties of up to $11,000 per violation may be assessed against employers who violate the youth
employment provisions of the law and up to $1,100 per violation against employers who willfully or repeatedly
violate the min