The FLSA - A User's Manual explains how the Fair Labor Standards Act, the country's basic wage and hour law, applies in the workplace. Starting with a short history of the amendments to the Act, The FLSA - A User's Manual delves into when overtime must be paid under the FLSA, how employers are liable for time they ''suffer or permit'' their employees to work, and what sort of time counts as ''hours worked'' for overtime purposes.
Will Aitchison graduated from the University of Oregon (Honors College) in 1973, and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in 1976. After two years of clerking for the chief justice of the Oregon Court of Appeals, Mr. Aitchison entered private practice in Portland, Oregon, and has been representing public safety labor organizations since that time. Mr. Aitchison is the author of The Fair Labor Standards Act - A User's Manual (5th Edition), The Rights of Law Enforcement Officers (6th Edition), The Rights of Firefighters (4th Edition) and The FMLA: Understanding The Family And Medical Leave Act. He has lectured on numerous occasions to management and labor groups throughout the country on topics such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and collective bargaining and personnel issues, and has served as an expert witness and consultant on matters pertaining to employment disputes.
