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Fair Labor Standards Act
• Standards for minimum wages and terms of payment for overtime • Employers prohibited from • Payment of wages less than statutory minimum • Work week in excess of 40 hours unless employees are compensated at time-and-a-half their regular wage • Exploiting child labor • No specific mention of tribes
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Case Law
• FLSA applies to business operated on tribal land and owned by tribal member • Chao v. Matheson , 2007-WL-1830738, No. C-06-5361 (W.D. Wash., June 25, 2007) • FLSA applies to tribally owned retail store on tribal land • Solis v. Matheson , 563 F.3d 425 (9 th Cir 2009) • LEO not entitled to protections because tribal law enforcement is traditional governmental function • Snyder v. Navajo Nation , 371 F.3d 658 (9 th Cir. 2004)
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