Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws provide as high of a standard for working conditions as possible. Both Wyoming employers and employees can benefit from this information.
Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws state that the minimum wage paid to Wyoming workers is $5.15 per hour as of the year 2001. However, some exceptions are made within these regulations. For instance, most employees who work in agricultural occupations, executive positions, or domestic jobs usually are not paid the standard minimum hourly rate.
Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws make sure that workers under 18 receive at least a 30 minute break for every six hour shift. A minor employee must be free from all duties during this break, and must be free to leave the premises. If not, the employer must pay for this break. Employers in Wyoming are not required to give additional rest breaks, such as coffee breaks to minors-or to anyone for that matter.
Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws do not require Wyoming employers to offer meal breaks or short rest breaks to neither minors nor adults. However, employers who give breaks are required to either pay for those times or to free those employees from all duties. Usually unpaid breaks are 30 minutes or longer and paid breaks are between 5 and 20 minutes. This applies to employees of all ages.
Another provision made by Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws is for that of overtime hours. Most Wyoming workers are entitled to receive time and a half pay for any hours worked over 40 in a week’s time. Most salaried workers and professionals, as well as commissioned salespeople, are exempt from provisions made by this regulation.
Usually overtime calculations are based on actual hours worked. This is the case in Wyoming as well as any other state in the United States. That means that no holiday pay, sick leave, vacation days, or other paid time off counts as hours calculated to receive premium pay (time and half pay).
Additional information for both employers and employees is written in Wyoming (WY) wage and hour laws. This information is usually required to be posted at job sites throughout the state.
