Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act

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The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act is a U.S. federal law that sets labor standards, including minimum wages, maximum hours, and safety requirements, for workers employed on government supply contracts.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Labor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Public Contracts Act of 1936 ⓘ
appliesTo contractors with the United States government ⓘ
contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of materials ⓘ
contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of supplies ⓘ
government supply contracts ⓘ
subcontractors under covered federal supply contracts ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 41 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1936-06-30 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1936-06-30 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Wage and Hour Division ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeSubject labor standards in federal procurement ⓘ
minimumContractValue 10000 USD ⓘ
namedAfter Arthur D. Healey ⓘ
David I. Walsh ⓘ
penaltyForViolation contract cancellation ⓘ
ineligibility for future government contracts ⓘ
withholding of contract payments ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
prohibits employment of minors under specified ages on covered contracts ⓘ
use of convict labor except under limited conditions ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 74-846 ⓘ
purpose to establish labor standards for workers on federal supply contracts ⓘ
to prevent the federal government from purchasing goods produced under substandard labor conditions ⓘ
relatedTo Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act ⓘ
requires maintenance of safe and sanitary working conditions ⓘ
payment of prevailing minimum wages as determined by the Secretary of Labor ⓘ
time-and-one-half pay for hours worked over 40 in a week on covered contracts ⓘ
scopeLimitation applies primarily to supply contracts, not service contracts ⓘ
sectorCovered manufacturing for federal supply contracts ⓘ
setsStandardFor child labor restrictions ⓘ
convict labor restrictions ⓘ
maximum hours ⓘ
minimum wages ⓘ
overtime compensation ⓘ
safety and health standards ⓘ
shortName Walsh-Healey Act ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 49 Stat. 2036 ⓘ

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