The Fair Labor Standards Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, set a minimum wage, overtime requirements and standards for child labor. The act, which sprang from the ...

The Department of Labor will no longer collect liquidated damages in administrative matters under the Fair Labor Standards ...

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed reinstating the companionship exemption, which covers certain home care workers under specific ...

In a significant home care advocacy victory this week, the Department of Labor on Monday proposed a rule that would reinstate ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2025-3, clarifying that it ...

While Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest state minimum wages in the U.S. at $5.15 per hour, most workers are still protected ...

"This term, the Supreme Court made it easier for members of a majority group to state discrimination claims, temporarily ...

The lawsuit was filed on June 10 in Polk County District Court, representing 15 former and current West Des Moines firefighter captains and lieutenants.

Three firefighters claim the town violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them for time they worked or utilized ...

The New Jersey trucking industry is sounding the alarm on the state’s increasingly stringent policies on independent ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act The Fair Labor Standards Act became the law of the land in 1938. It governs how most companies in the U.S. pay employees.