The Division is comprised of a nationwide staff of investigators, supervisors, technical and clerical employees. The Division s mission is to achieve compliance with the nation s labor standards through enforcement, administrative, and educational programs. The FLSA also includes child labor and recordkeeping provisions. The FLSA covers all workers who are engaged in or producing goods for interstate commerce or are employed in certain enterprises. The FLSA sets 14 years of age as the minimum age for employment, restricts hours of work and allowable occupations for 14 and 15 year olds, and bans employment in specified hazardous occupations for those under 18 years of age.
Special rules apply to minors employed in agriculture.
The MSPA protects migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in their dealings with farm labor contractors, agricultural employers, agricultural associations, and providers of migrant housing. All persons and organizations subject to the MSPA must observe certain rules when recruiting, soliciting, hiring, employing, transporting, or housing these workers, or when furnishing them to other employers. The EPPA limits private employers in the use of lie detector tests either for pre-employment screening of job applicants or for testing current employees during the course of employment. Polygraph tests are permitted under limited circumstances and subject to certain restrictions. The CCPA s wage garnishment provisions limit the amount of an individual s disposable income that may be legally garnished and prohibit an employer from firing an employee whose pay is garnished for payment of any single debt.