Record Keeping

Every employer covered by the FLSA must keep certain records for each covered, nonexempt worker. There is no required form for the records, but the records must include accurate information about the employee and data about the hours worked and the wages earned. The following is a listing of the basic records that an employer must maintain:

Employee's full name and social security number

Address, including zip code

Birth date, if younger than 18

Sex and occupation

Time and day of week when employee's workweek begins. Hours worked each day and total hours worked each workweek

Basis on which employee's wages are paid

Regular hourly pay rate

Total daily or weekly straight-time earnings

Total overtime earnings for the workweek

All additions to or deductions from the employee's wages

Total wages paid each pay period

Date of payment and the pay period covered by the payment