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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that all covered employers pay their employees compensation for hours worked over forty per week at one and a half times their regular rate of pay, unless ...

Starting July 1, 2024, employers must satisfy a higher salary threshold in order to consider employees as exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules. Following proposed rulemaking in ...

For most workers in Wisconsin who get hurt on the job, the state’s workers’ compensation system is there to cover medical expenses and pay a portion of their wages while they heal. “One of the bedrock ...