FLSA Compliance Assistance Library

For a list of all our Compliance assistance materials see https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa.

1. Minimum wage

   Questions and Answers About the Minimum Wage.

   Hours of Work

   1. Breaks from 5- 20 minutes
      • elaws
      • 29 CFR §785.18
   2. Break Time for Nursing Mothers
   3. Meal periods [e-laws]
   4. Off-the-clock
   5. Pre/post shift
      • elaws
      • 29 CFR § 785
      • Principal activities regulation 29 CFR § 785.24
   6. On-call time
   7. Travel time
      • Fact Sheet #22: Hours Worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
      • 29 CFR § 785.38
   8. Training (elaws)
   9. Hourly workers at 2 or more jobs: 29 CFR § 778.419
2. Pay practices
   1. Tipped employees
      • Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
      • 29 CFR § 531
      • Overtime calculator for tipped employees (elaws)
   2. Salaried employee 29 CFR § 778.113
   3. Fixed or fluctuating salary 29 CFR § 778.114
   4. Piecework
      • 29 CFR § 778
      • Regulation for overtime calculations for piecework 29 CFR § 778
   5. Fact Sheet #16: Deductions From Wages For Uniforms And Other Facilities under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
   6. Commissions 29 CFR § 778
   7. Day rates and job rates 29 CFR § 778.112
3. Overtime
   1. Overtime Calculator (elaws)
   2. Compensatory time off (elaws)
   3. Hourly workers at 2 or more jobs 29 CFR § 778.419
4. Independent contractors and the FLSA (elaws)
5. Fact Sheet #7: State and Local Governments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
6. Fact Sheet #8: Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
7. Child Labor – YouthRules
8. Child Labor (elaws)
9. Fact sheet 77A: Prohibiting Retaliation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
10. Prohibition against “Kickbacks” 29CFR § 531.35

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