{"id":191,"date":"2009-09-07T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T13:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T20:02:35","slug":"labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Day was established to honor American workers. \u00a0The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public &#8220;the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations,&#8221; followed by a festival for the workers and their families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/whd\/flsa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-192\" title=\"whd-banner\" alt=\"whd-banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/whd-banner.jpg\" width=\"159\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a>The US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division works to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the of the nation&#8217;s workforce. \u00a0The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of not less than $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a workweek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Day was established to honor American workers. \u00a0The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public &#8220;the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations,&#8221; followed by a festival for the workers and their families. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Labor Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[402],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-resources","tag-human-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}