Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949

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The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 were U.S. federal labor law revisions that expanded and strengthened minimum wage, overtime, and child labor protections originally established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.


Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
labor law
aimedAt improving working conditions
limiting excessive working hours
protecting minors in employment
raising wage floors
amends Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
appliesTo covered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government
basedOn Fair Labor Standards Act framework
concerns economic regulation
employment standards
worker protection
country United States
field employment law
labor law
wage and hour law
follows Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
hasEffectOn child labor regulation
minimum wage
overtime pay
hasPurpose to expand minimum wage protections
to strengthen child labor protections
to strengthen overtime protections
isPartOf history of United States federal minimum wage
history of labor relations in the United States
legalDomain federal law of the United States
legislativeBody United States Congress
partOf United States labor law
regulates hours of work
oppressive child labor
wages
subjectOf United States labor law scholarship
historical analysis of minimum wage policy
temporalContext post–World War II era
typeOfAmendment substantive amendment

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
81st United States Congress
passedLegislation

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