Possible Increase to the Federal Minimum Wage Rate and Strengthening Overtime Pay Protections
1 Explain the issues associated with a possible increase to the federal minimum wage rate and strengthening overtime pay protections.
In Chapter 2, we described the three central provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act: minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor. Over the years, there were public campaigns that call for increasing the minimum wage rate—we have watched these play out on the political stage. More recently, President Barack Obama made the case for changing the exemption criteria for overtime pay, such that more workers would qualify.
Raising the Minimum Wage
In 2013, President Barack Obama called for an increase in the hourly federal ...
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