What laws provide rights to minimum wages and overtime compensation?
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act sets the federal minimum wage and provides nonexempt employees with the right to overtime compensation. The Florida Constitution was recently amended to raise the minimum wage in Florida. The majority of employees are either paid on an hourly basis for each hour they work or are paid a fixed salary regardless of the number of hours worked. The majority of those employees paid on an hourly basis must be paid time and one half (overtime) for any hours worked over forty (40) in a seven day workweek. Some employees who receive a salary may be entitled to overtime because their employers have misclassified them as being exempt from overtime. An employee paid a salary may be entitled to overtime compensation.
