Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States federal statute labor law wage and hour law

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

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 →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Equal Pay Act of 1963 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Public Law 80-49 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Public Law 88-38 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	amends
American Federation of Labor ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") → Congress of Industrial Organizations → National Industrial Recovery Act →	influenced
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ("Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions") → Public Law 80-49 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	appliesTo
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → National Labor Relations Act →	relatedTo
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → National League of Cities v. Usery ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	statuteInterpreted
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 →	appliesToLaw
Wage and Hour Division →	enforces
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	follows
United States labor law →	hasKeyFederalStatute
New Deal →	hasPart
United States v. Darby ("The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a constitutional exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause") →	holding
Wage and Hour Division →	legalAuthority
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	modifies
Equal Pay Act of 1963 →	partOf
Darby Lumber Company ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	regulatoryContext
National Industrial Recovery Act →	replacedInPartBy
Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") →	shortName
Roosevelt administration →	significantEvent
Maryland v. Wirtz →	statuteInvolved
United States v. Darby ("Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938") →	upheldStatute