Wage and Hour Laws and Discrimination as Two Parts of Employment Law

Running head : EMPLOYMENT LAW

Wage and Hour Laws and Discrimination as Two Parts of Employment Law (name (school (professor (subject

Abstract

Increases in the minimum wage are predominantly significant to women and other minority groups , for the reason that they are heavily grouped in low-wage employments . Some employers steer clear of hiring older minorities or women workers in to evade litigation

The Fair Labor Standards Act obliges employers of covered employees who are not otherwise excused to compensate the said employees a minimum wage . However , reducing unemployment rate among the aforementioned

br groups involves policies other than that accentuate employment discrimination

Wage and Hour Laws and Discrimination as Two Parts of Employment Law

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA , commonly identified as the Federal wage and hour law , covers the large majority of the United States workers and safeguards workers in the lowest paid industries and occupations . Passed in 1938 to meet up the social and economic problems of the Great Depression , the law instituted a nationwide minimum wage benchmark for covered employment (Women 's Bureau , 1997 ,

.201 . The Fair Labor Standards Act also instituted Federal standards for overtime pay and child labor . The said standards have an effect on more than 100 million workers in the United States , both in public and private sectors as well in part-time and full-time employment positions (U .S . Department of Labor , 2007 , n .p . The Act applies to ventures with employees who produce goods for interstate business employ in interstate business or work , handle , or sell on materials or goods that have been moved in or manufactured for interstate business . The FLSA , however disallows the shipment of merchandises in interstate commerce that were manufactured in contravention of the overtime pay , special minimum wage , child labor or minimum wage provisions

The FLSA further cover institutions that : principally engaged in the care of the mentally ill , sick disabled , or aged who live on the premises of the said institutions local , federal and state government agencies , and schools for children who are physically , or mentally gifted or disabled hospitals and secondary , preschool , and elementary institutions and schools of higher education (U .S . Department of Labor 2007 , n .p . Additionally , the Act covers domestic service workers , such as full-time babysitters , day workers , cooks , chauffeurs , or housekeepers if starting in 2007 , they were receiving no less than 1 ,500 in cash wages from one employer , or if they work a than 8 hours a week for one or more employer

In general , there are only two ways wherein an employee can be protected by the law , namely : individual coverage ' and enterprise coverage

Individual Coverage

Even in the absence of enterprise coverage , employees are guarded by the Fair Labor Standards Law if their work habitually entails them to trade between States , otherwise known as interstate commerce (U .S Department of Labor , 2007 ,

.1 . The FLSA safeguards individual workers who are engaged in commerce or in the manufacture of goods for commerce (U .S . Department of Labor , 2007...