Fair Labor Standards Act

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The Fair Labor Standards Act is a landmark U.S. labor law that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections for American workers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
wage and hour law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Labor ⓘ
allows collective actions by employees ⓘ
private right of action for unpaid wages ⓘ
amendedBy Equal Pay Act of 1963 ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 ⓘ
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 ⓘ
appliesTo federal government employees ⓘ
local government employees ⓘ
private sector employees ⓘ
state government employees ⓘ
citation 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. ⓘ
containsProvision child labor restrictions ⓘ
equal pay provisions ⓘ
minimum wage section ⓘ
overtime compensation section ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coversConcept exempt employees ⓘ
nonexempt employees ⓘ
dateSigned 1938-06-25 ⓘ
defines hours worked ⓘ
workweek ⓘ
effectiveDate 1938-10-24 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
establishes child labor standards ⓘ
federal minimum wage ⓘ
overtime pay requirement ⓘ
recordkeeping requirements ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal legislation ⓘ
legalArea employment law ⓘ
labor standards ⓘ
overtimeRate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay ⓘ
overtimeThreshold over 40 hours per workweek ⓘ
partOf United States Code Title 29 ⓘ
primaryPurpose establish federal minimum wage ⓘ
regulate overtime pay ⓘ
restrict oppressive child labor ⓘ
prohibits oppressive child labor ⓘ
retaliation against employees who assert FLSA rights ⓘ
relatedTo National Labor Relations Act ⓘ
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ⓘ
shortName FLSA ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ

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National Labor Relations Act → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Act → shortName → FLSA ⓘ
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Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Industrial Recovery Act → influenced → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
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Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 → appliesTo → Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions ⓘ
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United States v. Darby → holding → The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a constitutional exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
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National Industrial Recovery Act → replacedInPartBy → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
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Maryland v. Wirtz → statuteInvolved → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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Alden v. Maine → relatedStatute → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
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New York Labor Law → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Fannie Coralie Perkins → contributedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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Service Contract Act → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Illinois Department of Labor → enforces → Child Labor Law ⓘ
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National Child Labor Committee → influenced → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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Assistant Secretary of Labor for Wage and Hour → jurisdiction → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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29 CFR Part 570 → legalBasis → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 → laterSupersededInPracticeBy → Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
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Congress of Industrial Organizations → supportedLegislation → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
subject linked to: CIO