Grapple Industries Has 1,000 Full-Time and Part-Time Employees Who Manufacture

question 44

Multiple Choice

Grapple Industries has 1,000 full-time and part-time employees who manufacture parts for hand tools. Company policy states that part-time employees are not eligible for overtime pay, even if an employee works more than 40 hours during a particular week. Grapple has

• A) not violated the FLSA because part-time employees are by definition exempt from overtime pay.
• B) not violated the FLSA if it has obtained an exemption for part-time employees from the Department of Labor's wage and hour administrator.
• C) has violated the FLSA because all of its employees are covered by the FLSA and entitled to overtime pay.
• D) not violated the FLSA because its part-time employees fall within artistic and creative exception to the overtime rules.