The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage and overtime requirements for virtually all enterprises involved in interstate commerce. FLSA applies in all states, but it permits states to enact laws that are more generous to employees and to regulate in the rare cases in which federal law does not apply. Where state law and federal law conflict, employers must follow the law that is more generous to the employee.
Michigan's overtime law is similar to the federal FLSA and covers employers not covered by the federal law. Employees must receive 11/2 times their regular pay rate for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek (MI Stat. Sec. 408.384a). As in the federal law, there is no requirement that overtime be paid for hours worked in excess of 8 per day or on weekends or holidays (although union contracts often require overtime pay for such work).
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