Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974

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United States federal statute labor law

The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 were U.S. federal legislative changes that expanded minimum wage and overtime protections to additional categories of workers, including many public-sector and domestic employees.

Aliases (1)

FLSA Amendments of 1974 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute → labor law →
affects	employment conditions of domestic workers → employment conditions of state and local government employees → public-sector labor costs →
amends	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 →
appliesTo	child labor protections → minimum wage → overtime pay → recordkeeping requirements →
appliesToJurisdiction	federal law of the United States →
basedOn	Commerce Clause authority of the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
enforcedBy	United States Department of Labor → Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor →
expandsCoverageTo	certain hospital employees → certain nursing home employees → certain schools and educational institution employees → domestic service employees → domestic workers in private households → local government employees → public-sector employees → state government employees →
hasLanguage	English →
hasPurpose	to clarify and expand coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act → to extend minimum wage protections to additional categories of workers → to extend overtime protections to additional categories of workers →
hasShortName	FLSA Amendments of 1974 →
includesProvision	coverage of many domestic service workers under FLSA → coverage of most employees of state and local governments under FLSA → minimum wage protections for newly covered employees → overtime protections for newly covered employees →
legalArea	employment law → wage and hour law →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
modifies	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 →
partOf	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 framework →
regulates	enterprise coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act → hours of work for covered employees → payment of federal minimum wage to covered workers → payment of overtime at premium rates →
subjectOf	Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority →
timePeriod	20th century →
topic	domestic work regulation → labor standards → public employment regulation → worker protections →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fair Labor Standards Act →	amendedBy
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 ("FLSA Amendments of 1974") →	hasShortName
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 →	relatedTo