Opinion No. 69-347 (1996) Ag

State Employees — Federal Wage Law 1. Under 29 U.S.C.A. 213(b)(18), employees of a college dining hall or cafeteria are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended in 1966. 2. The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges is prohibited by the Oklahoma Constitution from approving or paying claims for overtime wages accrued from prior fiscal years for employees of the college maintenance department who are paid from appropriated funds. The Attorney General has had under consideration your letter of December 3, 1969, wherein you, in effect, ask the following…