---
type: threshold
id: flsa
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "FLSA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees
source_quote: "Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Among other things, the <https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires nonexempt employees to be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime wages."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "FLSA"
full_name: "Fair Labor Standards Act"
employee_threshold: "1"
requirement: "requires nonexempt employees to be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime wages"
---
**Law:** FLSA

**Full name:** Fair Labor Standards Act

**Employee threshold:** 1

**Requirement:** requires nonexempt employees to be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime wages

> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Among other things, the <https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires nonexempt employees to be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime wages.

Source: <https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees>