Under the Fair Labor Standards Act:

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The Fair Labor Standards Act places limitations on the hours that workers can work each week without being paid overtime. Specifically, non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek must be paid overtime at a rate of one and a half times their regular rate of pay for each additional hour worked.

Answer: B is incorrect. The Fair Labor Standards Act sets a federal minimum wage, which all employers must pay to covered employees. This minimum wage is not optional and cannot be waived by the employee.

Answer: C is incorrect. While the Fair Labor Standards Act includes provisions related to child labor and hazardous occupations, this is not the primary focus of the law.

Answer: D is incorrect. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime is calculated based on the number of hours worked in a workweek, not over the course of a pay period. Therefore, an employer would still be required to pay overtime to a non-exempt employee who works more than 40 hours in a workweek, even if the employee works less than 40 hours in the next week of a bi-weekly pay period.