The Act requires that covered employees, unless otherwise exempt, be paid not less than one and one-half times their regular rates of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. Employers are required to keep records on wages, hours and other items as set out in the Department of Labor's regulations. Most of this information is of the type generally maintained by employers in ordinary business practice. Performance of certain types of work in an employee's home is prohibited under the Act unless the employer has obtained prior certification from the Department of Labor. Employers wishing to employ homeworkers in these industries are required to, among other things, provide written assurances to the Department that they will comply with the Act's wage and other requirements.
Special provisions apply to state and local government employment .
It is a violation of the Act to fire or in any other manner discriminate against an employee for filing a complaint or for participating in a legal proceeding under the Act. The Act also prohibits the shipment of goods in interstate commerce which were produced in violation of the minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, or special minimum wage provisions. More detailed information on the FLSA, including copies of explanatory brochures and regulatory and interpretative materials, may be obtained by contacting local Wage-Hour offices listed in most telephone directories under U.S. Government, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. The Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor answers questions about workers and businesses that are subject to the FLSA and its minimum wage and overtime rules. Penalties Enforcement of the Act is carried out by Wage and Hour Division investigators stationed throughout the country.