Compensation and Benefit of Employees

Running head: COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES
COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES1
Table of Contents
Descriptive questions.......................................................................................................................2
Response to question 1: Fair labour standard act (FLSA)...............................................................2
Response to question 2: Employee on medical leave......................................................................2
Response to question 3: Compliance to employment laws.............................................................3
Multiple choice questions:...............................................................................................................4

COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES2
Descriptive questions
Response to question 1: Fair labour standard act (FLSA)
The FLSA or the Fair labour standard act looks after the record keeping, payment of
minimum wages, payment for overtime and provisions regarding the child labour that affects bot
the part time and full time employees who are working for State, federal or local government or
even in private sector. The minimum wages looks after payment of minimum basic wages to the
employees at the rate of dollar 7.25per hour for those who are not exempt under the act (Bailey,
DiNardo & Stuart, 2018). They are also eligible for overtime of one and one and half times of
their basic pay in case they have worked for more than 40 hours in a week. All the deductions
from the employees pay is allowed only to a level that it does not fall below minimum wages.
The over time can be calculated on hourly rate basis, piece rate basis and also on salary. Record
keeping refers to following the regulations of the DOL record keeping and keep a record of
overtime payment, wages, and other items. The child labour provisions look after the educational
opportunity of children and also prohibit them from working under conditions that may be
detrimental to their health. Therefore it includes restrictions for minors on the hours worked by
them and also provides the list of hazardous jobs.
Response to question 2: Employee on medical leave
If an employee is asking me for a leave because she is having a baby her absence will be
protected because of the application of different laws under which a pregnant working women is
covered. The different laws providing protection to pregnant women and their absence are- the
pregnancy discrimination act and the family and medical leave act (McCammon & Brockman,
2019). The pregnancy discrimination act prohibits any kind of discrimination against the