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RIN: 1215-AB13

Publication ID: Fall 1997

Title: Implementation of the 1996 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act
Abstract: The "Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996" (H.R. 3448) was enacted on August 20, 1996, as Public Law 104-188. Title II of this enactment amended the Portal-to-Portal Act (PA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The PA amendment excludes (under certain circumstances) from compensable "hours worked" the time spent by an employee in home-to-work travel in an employer-provided vehicle. The FLSA amendments: (1) increase the $4.25 Federal minimum hourly wage by $.90 in two steps over the next two years (i.e., to $4.75 on October 1, 1996, and to $5.15 on September 1, 1997); (2) provide a $4.25 subminimum wage for youth under age 20 in their first 90 calendar days of employment with an employer; (3) set the employer's direct wage payment obligation for tipped employees at $2.13 per hour (provided such employees receive the balance of the full minimum wage in tips); and (4) set the hourly compensation requirements at not less than $27.63 per hour for certain exempt professional employees in computer-related occupations. Changes will be required in the regulations to reflect these amendments.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 4 29 CFR 531 29 CFR 541 29 CFR 778 29 CFR 785 29 CFR 790 29 CFR 870 41 CFR 50-202 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: PL 104-188, sec 2101 to 2105 29 USC 201 et seq

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/1997

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: John R. Fraser Deputy Administrator (WHD) Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Room S3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-0051 Fax:202 693-1432