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

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The FLSA covers all employees who engage in interstate commerce or the production of goods for interstate commerce, regardless of their full-time or part-time status. Therefore, Grapple Industries cannot deny overtime pay to part-time employees who have worked more than 40 hours in a week without violating the FLSA. Option A is incorrect because part-time employees are not automatically exempt from overtime pay. Option B is incorrect because there is no exemption for part-time employees. Option D is incorrect because there is no artistic and creative exception to the overtime rules under the FLSA.

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