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FLSA, Telecommute, And Flexible Work Schedules
FLSA
It is well past time to reform the Fair Labor Standards Act. The minimum wage has not kept up with inflation and many people who work in the service industry, for instance, must hold more than one job in order to make ends meet. A common criticism is that people who work full time should not receive such low salaries that they live in poverty (Alderman & Greenhouse, 2014). In many Scandinavian and European countries, workers in the service industry are paid at levels that enable them to live middle class lives and support their families (Alderman & Greenhouse, 2014).
Also, as with many federal laws related to employment, exemptions are created for businesses that employ a certain number of people or less. The slow economic recovery following the financial meltdown showed that job creation was the result of small business activity, and that small businesses are a major source of employment in the United States. This means that the Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions enable a substantive number of small businesses to operate in ways that do not offer the protection of The Act to a large -- in absolute numbers -- body of people
FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES AND TELECOMMUTING
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Employers who plan to engage in or are engaging in flexible work schedules and telework arrangements with employees must ensure that managers receive training in this area. The training for both employers and employees must cover policy and procedures on telework and flexible work schedules, including leave and pay, performance evaluation, and accommodations for workers with disabilities. Indeed, employers may wish to pursue consultation in order to develop and establish appropriate qualitative and quantitative measures and teleworking goals. Telework and flexible work schedules are governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act, workers' compensation, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and anti-discrimination laws (Flynn, 2001). Benefits plans must be scrutinized to be sure that employees are not penalized by their flexible works schedules. For instance, under some health plans, employees must work 40 hours each week in order to be covered. Employees who work 50 hours one week in order to work 30 hours the next week might not be eligible for their health insurance coverage (Flynn,…
References
Alderman, L. And Greenhouse, S. (2014, October 27). Living wages, rarity for U.S. fast-food workers, served up in Denmark. The New York Times. Retreived from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/business/internationa.l/living-wages-served-in-denmark-fast-food-restaurants.html?_r=0
Flynn, G. (2001, October). The Legalities of Flextime. Workforce, 62-66. Retrieved from http://faculty.washington.edu/janegf/flextime.html
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