The correct answer to our
July 1 Quick Quiz is "$25". The results
were:
"$54.38": (4 Votes, 7.1%)
"$60": (18 Votes, 32.1%)
"None, because she is paid at a piece-rate.":
(19 Votes, 33.9%)
"$25": (12 Votes, 21.4%)
"$20": (3 Votes, 5.4%)
One point we wanted to illustrate is that an employee is not
exempted from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's
overtime-compensation requirements just because he or she is paid
at a piece-rate.
The key to the correct response lies in properly determining
Anne's "regular rate" of pay for purposes of
calculating the FLSA overtime compensation she is due. The
FLSA regular rate for a particular workweek is figured by dividing
the employee's total compensation for that workweek by the
total number of hours worked in that workweek for which the
compensation was paid. See, e.g., 29 C.F.R. §§ 778.109, 778.111.
