Titleist Makes Most of the Golf Clubs It Sells to U.S

question 16

Multiple Choice

Titleist makes most of the golf clubs it sells to U.S. buyers in China, where the average hourly wage is the equivalent of less than $1 per hour. Under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Titleist

• A) is in violation of the act, because $1 per hour is less than the mandated minimum wage.
• B) is in violation of the act, because some of the workers are younger than 16 years of age.
• C) is in violation of the act, because the Chinese workers are nonexempt.
• D) is NOT in violation of the act, because the FLSA applies only to workers in the United States.
• E) is NOT in violation of the act, because the Chinese workers work fewer than 40 hours per week.

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