All companies large or small must follow a set of regulations when it comes to hiring new employees or maintaining current employees. There are several different regulations that are required by state and each state has their specific regulations. Along with state regulations employers must follow federal regulations which are the same for every company. One of the most important federal regulations is for wages and salary. These are the regulations that decide what the minimum wage is and what the overtime rate is. The Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, “requires employers to pay covered employees who are not otherwise exempt at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay of one-and-one-half-times the regular rate of pay” (U.S. department
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On 1 October this year, fathers and partners gained the right to take unpaid time off to attend up to two antenatal appointments, and the national minimum wage was subjected to a further increase. The Children and Families Act has given parents the option, subject to eligibility, to take maternity leave, together with ordinary paternity leave, or to take Shared Parental Leave (SPL), (Stevens, M. 2015). In order to be eligible to enter the SPL system, both parents must satisfy a two-stage test. The parent that wants to share parental leave with the child’s mother has to fulfil what is called an ‘employment and earnings’ meaning they must have worked for any 26 out of 66 weeks preceding the child’s birth, and earned at least £30 gross pay per working week for any 13 of those 66 weeks. The same individual that proposes to take SPL must also satisfy the following service requirement: 26 weeks’ continuous service with the same employer at the 15th week before the child’s due date; and they must still be working for the same employer when they intend to take the leave. SPL will be available where babies are due on or after 5 April 2015, (Stevens, M.2015). What an awesome idea for both parents to be able to fully share in welcoming their child into the world taking advantage of those first precious moments .This most definitely something I would have loved to have been able to experience with my children and
On 1 October this year, fathers and partners gained the right to take unpaid time off to attend up to two antenatal appointments, and the national minimum wage was subjected to a further increase. The Children and Families Act has given parents the option, subject to eligibility, to take maternity leave, together with ordinary paternity leave, or to take Shared Parental Leave (SPL), (Stevens, M. 2015). In order to be eligible to enter the SPL system, both parents must satisfy a two-stage test. The parent that wants to share parental leave with the child’s mother has to fulfil what is called an ‘employment and earnings’ meaning they must have worked for any 26 out of 66 weeks preceding the child’s birth, and earned at least £30 gross pay per working week for any 13 of those 66 weeks. The same individual that proposes to take SPL must also satisfy the following service requirement: 26 weeks’ continuous service with the same employer at the 15th week before the child’s due date; and they must still be working for the same employer when they intend to take the leave. SPL will be available where babies are due on or after 5 April 2015, (Stevens, M.2015). What an awesome idea for both parents to be able to fully share in welcoming their child into the world taking advantage of those first precious moments .This most definitely something I would have loved to have been able to experience with my children and