WASHINGTON — While no dry cleaner goes into business for the joy of maintaining payroll reports and ensuring their business is compliant with federal, state and local wage and hour laws, the reality is that owners need to pay attention to this detail of their business, including staying current with changing regulations.
This was the message of Bradford Kelley and Mike Paglialonga of Littler Mendelson P.C., a national law firm that specializes in labor and employment law. The pair recently spoke in the presentation “Wage and Hour Compliance for Small Business,” hosted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
Their presentation centered around the Fair Labor Standards Act, also known as the FLSA, which was passed in 1938 during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, and it addresses the federal minimum wage, overtime, record-keeping obligations and other facets of business.
“The federal law came into effect toward what we consider the tail end of the Great Depression,” Paglialonga says. “This is a New Deal program that set a national standard for minimum wage.”
One important thing to keep in mind is that, while there are federal guidelines and laws set, these are not the final word that employers have to keep in mind.
“The national standard does not operate in a way that prevents or preempts states and localities from adopting higher standards — it's quite the opposite,” Paglialonga says. “The law leaves it as a state or locality...
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