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Bookmark or Share- Fact Sheet #22: Hours Worked Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)Problems arise when employers fail to recognize and count certain hours worked as compensable hours. For example, an employee who remains at his/her desk while eating lunch and regularly answers the telephone and refers callers is working.
- Minimum Length of Meal Period Required under State Law for Adult ...Meal period is required where employees are not afforded necessary breaks and/or permitted to eat lunch while working. Guam ½ hour, after 5 hours, except when workday will be completed in 6 hours or less and there is mutual employer/employee consent to waive meal period.
- Night Work and Shift Work - U.S. Department of LaborExtra pay for working night shifts is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative). The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require extra pay for night work. However, the FLSA does require that covered, nonexempt workers be paid not less than time and one-half the employee's regular rate for time worked over 40 hours in a workweek.
- Questions and Answers About the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)When must breaks and meal periods be given? The FLSA does not require breaks or meal periods be given to workers. Some states may have requirements for breaks or meal periods.
- Flexible Schedules - U.S. Department of LaborA flexible work schedule is an alternative to the traditional 9-to-5, 40-hour work week. It allows employees to vary their arrival and/or departure times. Under some policies, employees must work a prescribed number of hours a pay period and be present during a daily "core time." The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not address flexible work schedules.
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