1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt WagesSafety Working Conditions Labor Usage Hodge Podge

2. The least amount per hour that an employer must legally pay an employee for a specific job.

3. MINIMUM WAGE

4. The term applied workers who are not entitled to overtime pay or a minimum wage

5. EXEMPT EMPLOYEES

6. Non exempt employees working more than 40 hours in a week are entitled

7. OVER TIME PAY 1-1/2 Hourly Rate for all hours >40 per week

8. Individuals that work in jobs that take them across state lines and individuals that work for a company that participates in interstate commerce (and has gross annual income of $500,000)

9. COVERED EMPLOYEES (INDIVIDUAL AND ENTERPRISE)

10. These employees have a lower rate per hour but the employer must still ensure these employees are making the “regular” minimum wage

11. TIPPED EMPLOYEES

12. This law passed in 1970 requires an employer to provide employees a safe work place

13. OSH ACT (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Act Administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor!

14. The OSH Act protects employees who report safety issues to OSHA from this

15. RETALIATION

16. OSHA issues these in order to guide employers in ensuring employees have a safe environment from hazards

17. SPECIFIC STANDARDS

18. This provision of the OSH Act requires that employers provide a safe environment EVEN when a specific standard does not exist

19. GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE

20. An employer can escape liability for safety injuries when the employee was reckless in ensuring his/her own safety by exercising reasonable care

21. CONTRIBUTORYNEGLIGENCE

22. Traveling from one worksite to another is called this and employers are required to pay non exempt employees for this time

23. COMMUTE TIME

24. The FLSA nor the Wisconsin law requires that employers provide for this or pay for this during the course of the work day (even though many voluntarily provide this)

25. REST BREAK Coffee break Break time

26. The minimum amount of salary allowed by law to designate an employee as exempt

27. $23,660 One criteria Prevents abuse of calling someone “salaried”; “manager” to circumvent paying over time.

28. This entity was created to conduct research on workplace health/safety and makes standard recommendations to the secretary of labor based on their research.

29. NOISH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

30. These laws found within the FLSA dictate at what age and at in what occupations minors can work

31. CHILDLABORLAWS

32. This law provides guidance to employers who are adjusting the size of their workforce

33. WARN Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

34. IRCA STANDS FOR THIS

35. IMMIGRATION REFORM and CONTROLACT

36. Executives, administrative, professional employees; outside sales persons; employees in certain computer related occupations

37. EXEMPT POSITIONS FROM BOTH MINIMUM WAGE AND OVER TIME

38. WARN applies when the employer has at least this many full time employees or this number of employees that work at least this many total hours per week combined

39. 100Full-Time or 100 or more who work a total of 4,000 hours per week

40. Failure for a company to comply with WARN results in the employees recovering this for the time frame in which they weren’t provided notice, for a maximum of 60 days

41. PAYANDBENEFITS

42. Generally the amount of time that WARN requires the company to give notice to their employees about a plant closing or mass layoff

43. 60 days

44. Employment losses at one location during any 30 day period of when the company has 500 or more employees OR a company with 50-499 workers that comprise 1/3 of the active workforce is called this

45. MASS LAYOFF

46. This is a way to compensate an employee based on a percent of how much they sell

47. COMMISSION Depending on the position, may still have to ensure minimum wage

48. This is the form that is used to verify that an employee is authorized to legally work in the United States

49. I-9 FORM

50. Employers that violate the FLSA may have the DOL require them to do this

51. Pay back pay May have fines imposed