The FLSA allows the Department of Labor (Department) or an employee to recover back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages where minimum wage and overtime violations exist. Generally, a 2-year statute of limitations applies to the recovery of back wages and liquidated damages.
In a democracy, the people are the government. Today, we elect people to run the government for us. The people we elect do not, for the most part, run the country in the interest of the people; they run it in the interest of themselves. We are led to believe that we must put our trust in these people.
The United States is a democracy, but not a direct one (Myth). Although each branch of government derives its power from majority rule or approval-executive, legislative, judicial, and monetary-the people do not vote for them directly.America, then, is not truly a democracy, but is a republic. republic is a representative democracy, and laws are passed not by the people themselves but by their elected representatives. In this republic, the people vote for their Senators and Representatives, who, in turn, vote on the laws (Myth). The people vote on a slate of electors, who then vote for the president.