Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977

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United States federal statute amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 were U.S. federal legislative changes that updated wage and hour protections, including raising the minimum wage and expanding coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
FLSA Amendments of 1977	1
Fair Labor Standards Act amendments	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
affects	federal minimum wage policy ⓘ labor standards for covered workers ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
appliesToLaw	Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
basedOn	Commerce Clause authority of the United States Constitution ⓘ
belongsToCategory	1970s in United States law ⓘ United States federal labor legislation ⓘ
changes	coverage thresholds for employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ statutory minimum wage rates under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enforcedBy	United States Department of Labor ⓘ Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ surface form: Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor
field	employment law ⓘ labor law ⓘ wage and hour law ⓘ
governs	employment relationships in interstate commerce ⓘ
hasEffectOn	employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
influencedBy	inflation and wage conditions in the 1970s United States economy ⓘ
isPartOfSeries	Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act amendments
legalDomain	federal statutory law ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legislativeArea	economic regulation ⓘ worker protection ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject	child labor protections ⓘ coverage expansion under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ minimum wage ⓘ overtime pay ⓘ
partOf	United States labor law ⓘ surface form: United States labor legislation
purpose	to expand coverage of wage and hour protections ⓘ to raise the federal minimum wage ⓘ to strengthen enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
regulates	employment of certain categories of workers ⓘ hours of work ⓘ overtime compensation ⓘ wages ⓘ
shortName	Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FLSA Amendments of 1977
targetPopulation	low-wage workers ⓘ workers previously excluded from Fair Labor Standards Act coverage ⓘ
temporalContext	late 1970s United States labor policy ⓘ
typeOfAmendment	substantive amendment ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Fair Labor Standards Act → amendedBy → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 ⓘ

Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 → isPartOfSeries → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act amendments

Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 → shortName → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: FLSA Amendments of 1977