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Orlando,
Florida Overtime Lawyer / Attorney
I work for a very
small company that is not even incorporated. I
thought that the federal overtime laws applied
only to large businesses. Is my employer covered
by the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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Contrary to popular opinion, most employers are
covered by the law. The Fair Labor Standards Act
applies to enterprises that have employees who
are engaged in interstate commerce, producing
goods for interstate commerce, or handling,
selling or working on goods or materials that
have been moved in or produced for interstate
commerce. For most firms, an annual dollar
volume of business test of $500,000 applies
(i.e., those enterprises under this dollar
amount are not covered).
The following are covered by the Act regardless
of their dollar volume of business: hospitals,
institutions primarily engaged in the care of
the sick, aged, mentally ill or disabled who
reside on the premises; schools for children who
are mentally or physically disabled or gifted;
preschools, elementary and secondary schools and
institutions of higher education; and federal,
state and local government agencies.
Employees of firms that do not meet the $500,000
annual dollar volume test may be individually
covered in any workweek in which they are
individually engaged in interstate commerce, the
production of goods for interstate commerce, or
an activity which is closely related and
directly essential to the production of such
goods. Domestic service workers, such as day
workers, housekeepers, chauffeurs, cooks, or
full-time babysitters, are also covered if they
receive at least $1,000 (1995) in cash wages
from one employer in a calendar year, or if they
work a total of more than 8 hours a week for one
or more employers.
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consultation regarding potential employment
dispute cases, contact the Law Office of N. James
Turner, Esq., P.A. at
(407) 422-6464 or email
us by utilizing our confidential
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