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Federal (FLSA) restaurant labor laws

Federal (FLSA): overtime after 40h a week, $7.25 minimum wage, night limits for minors. Every figure sourced.

The figures ShiftNivo schedules against in Federal (FLSA), read from the source linked at the bottom of this page.

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Overtime

Daily
No separate rule*
Weekly
after 40h · 1.5×
Double time
No separate rule*
Rest between shifts
No separate rule*
Eating period
No separate rule*
Minimum wage
$7.25since 2026-07-01
Default time zone
America/New_York

* “No separate rule” means the engine does not enforce one here. That is not the same as saying the jurisdiction has none.

Public holidays · 11

A public holiday carries no statutory premium for a private employer under federal law, so these are shown as observed days. Eleven federal holidays are assigned to every state, with a few recognized state holidays added; a state's own full list is not complete here.

  • Christmas DayDecember 25
  • Columbus Daysecond Monday in October
  • Independence DayJuly 4
  • JuneteenthJune 19
  • Labor Dayfirst Monday in September
  • Memorial Daylast Monday in May
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Daythird Monday in January
  • New Year's DayJanuary 1
  • Presidents' Daythird Monday in February
  • Thanksgivingfourth Thursday in November
  • Veterans DayNovember 11

Youth hours

The bands the product checks for Federal (FLSA). United States figures come from the Department of Labor — its state table as published on 15 July 2025, or its federal rules — and are corrected from the state's own source where the table is wrong. Permits, supervision and exemptions sit underneath every band, and each one says what is not checked. Confirm with the state before relying on them.

  • Under 14

    Not permitted

    Federal floor. 14 is the minimum age for most non-agricultural work.

  • Ages 14 to 15

    School day
    3h
    Non-school day
    8h
    School week
    18h
    Week
    40h

    Not between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.

    June 1 to Labor Day: not after 9 p.m.

    Federal floor only. The evening limit moves to 9 pm from 1 June to Labor Day. State law is often stricter, and many states set rules for 16- and 17-year-olds that federal law does not.

  • Ages 16 to 17

    No hour or night limit

    Federal law sets no hour limits at 16 or 17, but many states do — check the state before scheduling a late shift.

Source: dol.gov/agencies/whd/youthrules

Minors →

What ShiftNivo checks for you here

  • Overtime after 40 hours in a week, priced as you build, with a warning four hours before anyone crosses it.
  • Workers under 18: the minimum age, the hours in a day and in a week, and the evening limit, read from a birth date and marked as errors, not warnings.
  • 11 public holidays, each flagged the week before it arrives.
  • Everywhere: double bookings, approved time off, and shifts outside the hours someone said they can work.
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