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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203[1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.[2][3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor".[4] It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce,[5] unless the employer can claim an exemption from coverage. The Act was enacted by the 75th Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938.

Long title

An Act to provide for the establishment of fair labor standards in employments in and affecting interstate commerce, and for other purposes

FLSA

the 75th United States Congress

June 25, 1938 (1938-06-25)

Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 75–718

52 Stat. 1060 through 52 Stat. 1070 (3 pages)

United States labor law

Timeline of children's rights in the United States

Frank Murphy

Second Bill of Rights

Employment discrimination law in the United States

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

Living wage

Minimum wage in the United States

List of U.S. minimum wages

Maximum wage

Wage slave

Blue law

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Finegan, T. Aldrich (1989). "The Minimum Wage and the Poor: The End of a Relationship". Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 8 (1). Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management: 53–71. :10.2307/3324424. JSTOR 3324424.

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Grossman, J. (1978). "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Maximum Struggle for a Minimum Wage". Monthly Labor Review. 101 (6): 22–30.  10307721.

PMID

Lechner, Jay P. (2005). . Florida Bar Journal. 79 (2): 20. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007.

"The New FLSA White-Collar Regulations—Analysis of Changes"

Mettler, Suzanne B. (1994). "Federalism, Gender, & the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938". Polity. 26 (4). Palgrave Macmillan Journals: 635–654. :10.2307/3235098. JSTOR 3235098. S2CID 155777199.

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of the United States Code from the LII

As codified in 29 U.S.C. chapter 8

of the United States Code from the US House of Representatives

As codified in 29 U.S.C. chapter 8

(PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938