The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

The FLSA is the most general federal labor law. It contains minimum wage provisions, child labor laws, overtime & record keeping requirements and a variety of other federal labor and employment law sections. A key provision of the Act is that most employees must be paid time and one-half for all overtime "hours worked."

The United State Department of Labor

The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.