Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,if an employee works 50 hours one week and 30 hours the next week,the employer owes no overtime pay,since the employee averaged 40 hours per week during the two-week period.

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Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime pay is required for any hours worked over 40 in a single workweek. The fact that the two-week period averages out to 40 hours per week does not eliminate the employer's obligation to pay overtime for the 10 hours worked in the first week. Therefore, the statement given in the question is false.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,if an Employee Works 50