Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), there are certain standards and guidelines that employers must meet with regard to employees’ overtime compensation, minimum wage, and child labor.

Specific key issues under the FLSA include:

• Identifying and determining which employees are exempt from overtime.
• Avoiding any actions that could result in an employee losing his/her overtime exemptions.
• Identifying and determining which non-work activities—e.g., being on call, travel, etc.—must be classified as overtime hours.
• Determining the correct pay rate for calculating overtime, taking into account pay variation caused by various factors—e.g., commissions, bonuses, etc.

Other federal laws—such as the Davis Beacon Act, the Service Contract Act, and the Walsh Healey Act—set minimum wage and benefit standards for those employees who perform federal contract work. There are also wage laws that prevail at the state level that set minimum wage and benefit standards for work under state contracts.

We help our employer clients in staying in compliance with these laws, by dealing with agency investigations, and by defending lawsuits. We’ll be happy to meet with you to discuss your needs in terms of this area. We also assist our employee clients in the following areas of employment law, among others:

• Unemployment benefits
• Employee privacy rights
• Independent contractor/employee controversies
• Drug/alcohol testing
• COBRA and HIPAA issues
• Military leave/veterans’ reemployment rights
• ADA (American Disabilities Act) Job description/reasonable accommodation analysis
• D.O.T. (Department of Transportation) truck driver qualification standards and testing
• Missouri Service Letters
• WARN Act requirements/plant closings

If you have legal concerns and would like to benefit from the support of a strong team of attorneys, please call our office today at 314.421.1300.