The best answer to our May 8, 2013 Quick Quiz is, "$110.00".

Our recent Forbes.com article summarizes some important points to keep in mind with respect to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act status of "contract laborers", "freelancers", "casual workers", "contract employees", or independent contractors by any other name.

How do the FLSA's overtime requirements affect payment on a "day rate" basis?

Mixed-bag H.R. 1406 would amend the FLSA to permit "comp time" in the private sector.

What might be the tradeoff for groundbreaking FLSA minimum-wage increases?

Congress's 2013 appropriations apparently continue to prohibit the U.S. Labor Department from using any funds to challenge the FLSA Section 13(b)(10)(A) overtime exemption as applied to dealership employees performing the typical work of service writers, service advisors, etc.

A decision from the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals offers an important reminder to employers about the potential for successor liability under the FLSA.

Prudent employers will consider ahead of time how they plan to respond when an employee invokes the FLSA's nursing-mother break requirement.

Why hasn't the FLSA minimum wage increased to a level more than 450% higher than it is?

We have taken the position that the Labor Department's proposed collection of information should not be cleared, approved, or undertaken.