Question

What are the three main things that were established by the FLSA? Define quid pro quo and give a common example.

Answer 1

What are the three main things that were established by the FLSA?

The three major mandates that are established by FLSA are as follows:

• A living wage for the workers - The FLSA mandates a minimum wage rate (per-hour basis) for all the non-exempt workers or those employees that are paid on an hourly basis. The minimum is granted by the state or federal government whichever is higher
• Payment for overtime work - As per this mandate, a worker cannot work for more than 40-hour a week on a regular basis and any hour more than that will be understood as overtime and a time-and-a-half of regular pay rate will be applicable for these overtime hours.
• Regulating child labor - Child labor was restricted in working in extremely hazardous workplaces below 18 years of age and minimum ages and hours for a child worker are also specified as per this mandate.

Define the quid pro quo and give a common example.

The doctrine of quid pro quo means something for something in its literal meaning in Latin. It is one type of workplace harassment that involves a demand that an employee will agree to an unwanted sexual advance in exchange for a job benefit. A quid pro quo involves three conditions - a power or authority, improper use of that authority, and a causal relationship between a sexual consideration and some tangible job-related consideration positive or negative. For example, when a supervisor gives assurance of promotion to one of the subordinates out of many, not based on the job performance, but for sexual favor, it comes under a quid pro quo harassment