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These pages summarize the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and how the U.S. Office of Personnel Management applies it to current and former employees of the United States Federal Government. For convenience, the phrase "current and former employees of the United States Federal Government" may be shortened to "Federal employees." Throughout these pages, "you" refers to a Federal employee and "we" or "us" refers to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

If you are NOT a current or former employee of the United States Federal Government, these pages do not apply to you. Please read the "Who does what?" page or go to the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration in the United States Department of Labor.

Please read our cautionary note

What do the terms exempt and nonexempt mean?

Who does what?

OPM's FLSA regulations are published in part 551 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations

The Fair Labor Standards Act law is published in sections 201-219 of title 29, United States Code

How a current or former Federal employee may file an FLSA claim

Limitation on which Federal employees may file an administrative FLSA claim with a Federal agency or OPM

Why you may not file a claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) electronically

Information that should be included in an FLSA claim filed to OPM

Requesting confidentiality

OPM fact finding and decision

Cancellation or withdrawal of a claim

OPM address for Federal employee FLSA information and FLSA claims

To contact us electronically

Compensation and Leave Claims

About our FLSA claims decisions

You may not submit an FLSA claim electronically