In addition to minimum wage and overtime requirements, many states have laws mandating lunch and rest breaks.
Supervisors can develop a work scheduling policy using the following checklist.
Many items are intended to prompt a closer look at some critical questions regarding job duties, company policy, and local wage-hour rules that employers must answer for themselves. Legal considerations q All employees should be treated in the same manner when supervisors schedule their normal workweek and offer opportunities for overtime work. Supervisors should avoid any situation that may result in complaints from either men or women. The federal wage and hour law requires employers to pay overtime wages at one and one-half times the straight time equivalency for hours worked over 40 hours per week. There are no statutory provisions pertaining to the length of the workday.