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FLSA, in plain English.
Workzoom defines FLSA as follows. The Fair Labor Standards Act is the US federal law setting minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labour standards. Its best-known rule requires overtime at one and a...
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The short answer
The Fair Labor Standards Act is the US federal law setting minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labour standards. Its best-known rule requires overtime at one and a half times the regular rate for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Exempt status depends on salary level and job duties, not job title. Workzoom tracks hours against the workweek so overtime is calculated from actual time, not estimates.
How FLSA works.
FLSA overtime is calculated on a fixed, recurring workweek of 168 hours, and that workweek does not have to match a pay period. An employer paying semi-monthly still owes overtime by workweek, which is why the two calendars have to be tracked separately. The regular rate is also not simply base hourly pay: non-discretionary bonuses and shift differentials get folded in, which raises the overtime rate above a naive time-and-a-half on base. State law can be stricter than federal, and where it is, the stricter rule applies.
Where FLSA goes wrong.
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Where FLSA sits between HR and payroll.
FLSA does not stand alone. The concepts most often paired with it on a United States run are Overtime, Time and attendance, Headcount, Scheduling. Each is defined elsewhere in this glossary so you can trace the full chain without leaving the site.
How FLSA runs on Workzoom.
FLSA is part of the Workzoom Workforce Suite. Workzoom runs HR, workforce, and talent on a single employee record across ten countries: Canada, the United States, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, and the United Kingdom. Full gross-to-net payroll runs live in Canada, the United States, and the Bahamas. Pricing starts at $4 per employee per suite per month.
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