Workforce Solutions provides you with useful, easy-to-access services which result in a successful job search or career transition. Assuring equal opportunity in every program, service and benefit is essential to fulfilling this mission.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Federal Minimum Wage
$6.55 per hour (since July 2008)

OVERTIME
At least 1-1/2 times your regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

CHILD LABOR
An employee must be at least 16 years old to work in most non-farm jobs and at least 18 to work in non-farm jobs declared hazardous by the secretary of labor. Youths 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various non-manufacturing, non-mining, non-hazardous jobs under the following conditions:

No more than –
• 3 hours on a school day or 18 hours in a school week;
• 8 hours on a non-school day or 40 hours in a non-school week.
Also, work may not begin before 7 a.m. or end after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day, when evening hours are extended to 9 p.m. Different rules apply in agricultural employment.

ENFORCEMENT
The Department of Labor may recover back wages either administratively or through court action, for the employees who have been underpaid in violation of the law. Violations may result in civil or criminal action. Fines of up to $10,000 per violation may be assessed against employers who violate the child labor provisions of the law and up to $1,000 per violation against employers who willfully or repeatedly violate the minimum wage or overtime pay provisions. This law prohibits discriminating against or discharging workers who file a complaint or participate in any proceedings under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Please note:
• Certain occupations and establishments are exempt from the minimum wage and/or overtime pay provisions.
• Special provisions apply to workers in American Samoa.
• Where state law requires a higher minimum wage, the higher standard applies.

For Additional Information, Contact: the Wage and Hour Division office nearest you — listed in your telephone directory under United States Government, Labor Department.

U.S. Department of Labor Employment
Standards Administration
Wage and Hour Division
Washington, D.C. 20210

Employees under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer. Certain full-time students, student learners, apprentices, and workers with disabilities may be paid less than the minimum wage under special certificates issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Tip Credit – Employers of “tipped employees” must pay a cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour if they claim a tip credit against their minimum wage obligation. If an employee’s tips combined with the employer’s cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour do not equal the minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference. Certain other conditions must also be met.

Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law – English

Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law – Spanish

Employers Holding Federal Contracts or Subcontracts

Private Employment State and Local Governments

Educational Institutions

Programs or Activities Earning Federal Financial Assistance

Local EO Officers

Complaint form - English

Complaint form - Spanish

Fraud/Program Abuse Hotline 1(800) 252-3642

Your Rights as a Food Stamp Customer

If You Have a Complaint About
• Workforce Solutions or
• A job you were sent to by Workforce Solutions

See the local office manager, or write to:

Workforce Solutions
Customer Service Representative
P.O. Box 22777
Houston, Texas 77227-2777
Telephone: 713-627-3200

EO Standardard and Guideline Revised 11/19/07

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