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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 17
FLSA 1
Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions 1
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a constitutional exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause 1

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Fair Labor Standards Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FLSA
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Referenced by (34)

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Equal Pay Act of 1963 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Public Law 80-49 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Public Law 88-38 → amends → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 → appliesTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions
Public Law 80-49 → appliesTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 → appliesToLaw → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Wage and Hour Division
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 → follows → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
New Deal → hasPart → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
United States v. Darby → holding → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a constitutional exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause
AFL → influenced → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
subject surface form: American Federation of Labor
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Congress of Industrial Organizations → influenced → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Industrial Recovery Act → influenced → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
WHD → legalAuthority → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Wage and Hour Division
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 → modifies → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Equal Pay Act of 1963 → partOf → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
Darby Lumber Company → regulatoryContext → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Labor Relations Act → relatedTo → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
NIRA → replacedInPartBy → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
subject surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act
Fair Labor Standards Act → shortName → Fair Labor Standards Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FLSA
Roosevelt administration → significantEvent → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National League of Cities v. Usery → statuteInterpreted → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Maryland v. Wirtz → statuteInvolved → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
United States v. Darby → upheldStatute → Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938