The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to prevent unequal pay based on gender in jobs that require “equal skill, effort, and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions.” The Act fundamentally changed the nature of pay for women, which on average earned less than two-thirds of their male counterparts in 1963.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. It was first introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by both houses in 1972.
An equal opportunity employer is generally considered an employer that does not discriminate in the employment context based on characteristics proscribed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as interpreted by the U.S.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a federal statute, delineates minimum standards for the administration of private industry's pension plans and establishes the impact that federal income taxes will have on transactions associated with the management of s
Essential job functions are the fundamental responsibilities of a job that must be completed to hold the position. For example, an essential job function for a truck driver is the ability to drive trucks.
Exempt employees are those ineligible for overtime pay or minimum wage from the Fair Labor and Standards Act. Usually exempt employees are in professional, administrative, executive, outside sales, and computer-related positions which have a base pay of at least $35,568 for the year.
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal statute passed as part of the New Deal that regulates the hours, wages, and working conditions of employees and prohibits child labor under the majority of circumstances. The Fair Labor Standards Act is codified at 29 U.S.C §§201-219.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) established fundamental changes to labor standards in the United States. Infamously, FLSA created the federal minimum wage for most private and public employees, which originally was $0.25 an hour. Secondly, FLSA created “time-and-a-half” overtime pay for all work time after 40 hours in a week except for exempted employees.
The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to incrementally raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 in 2007 to $7.25 in 2009. The Federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 as of 2021.
