The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the primary federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for employees.

As of 2023, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

Salaried employees, commission-based employees, and independent contractors are all exempt from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.

Under the FLSA, employees are entitled to overtime pay at a rate of time and a half for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Under the FLSA, employees are entitled to overtime pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

The FLSA requires employers to keep records of employees' hours worked, wages paid, and other information, such as employees' names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, and job titles and descriptions.

Violating the FLSA can result in fines, imprisonment, or both.

The Equal Pay Act (EPA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on their sex in terms of wages.

The minimum wage for tipped employees under the FLSA is $2.13 per hour.

The maximum number of hours that a 16-year-old employee can work in a week under the FLSA is 48 hours.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to provide employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons.

The FMLA provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.

A serious health condition of the employee's grandparent is not a qualifying reason for taking FMLA leave.

An employer must have at least 50 employees in order to be covered by the FMLA.

The maximum amount of overtime pay that an employee can earn in a workweek under the FLSA is 2 times the employee's regular rate of pay.