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Wages and hours — Georgia

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was originally enacted in 1938 to ensure employees a "fair wage for a fair day's work," and it has been amended several times since then. The FLSA establishes standards for:

  • a minimum wage rate
  • maximum number of hours
  • overtime pay
  • child labor
  • recordkeeping. 

While the FLSA requires employers to pay a minimum wage and overtime to many employees, it also contains numerous exemptions to these requirements. These subjects, among others, are addressed in this chapter.

Most states have enacted their own overtime laws with provisions which sometimes differ from those of the FLSA. However, wages and hours in Georgia are primarily governed by federal law. Applicable Georgia laws are also discussed in this chapter.

Coverage

An employer can be covered under the FLSA based on either:

  1. the overall activities of the employer as an “enterprise” (known as “enterprise coverage”)
  2. the activities of individual employees (known as “individual coverage”). 

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