HR Compliance Library, ¶27,450, FLSA wage exemption: Learners, apprentices and messengers

摘要

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides, in order to prevent "curtailment of employment opportunities,"rnfor the payment of learners (including student-learners), apprentices and messengers at wages lower than therngeneral minimum wage rate, under special certificates issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (FLSA, Sec. 14,rn29 USC 214).