Computer Services Personnel: Overtime Pay Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Whittaker, William G.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Labor;    Information technology - Labor;    Overtime;    Technology;   

RP-ID  :  RL30537
RP-ID  :  RL30537 2002-01-06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), as amended, is the primary federal statute in the area of minimum wages and overtime pay. Through administrative rulemaking, the Secretary of Labor has established two tests through which to define eligibility under the Section 13(a)(1) exemption: a duties test and an earnings test. In the 106th Congress, legislation was introduced by Representatives Andrews and Lazio that would have increased the scope of the exemption: first, by expanding the range of exempt job titles, and then, through a relative reduction in the value of the earnings threshold or test. For example, were the minimum wage increased to $6.15 per hour, as pending proposals would do, the value of the computer services exemption threshold would be 4.5 times the federal minimum wage. Ultimately, neither bill was enacted, but the issue has re-emerged as H.R. 1545 (Andrews) and H.R. 546 (Quinn).