Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947

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United States federal statute labor law

The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portal to Portal Act of 1947	1
Portal-to-Portal Act	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ labor law ⓘ
amends	Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
appliesTo	Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage provisions ⓘ Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions
citation	61 Stat. 84 ⓘ
clarifies	what constitutes hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
codifiedIn	29 U.S.C. §§ 251–262 ⓘ
contains	congressional findings and policy in 29 U.S.C. § 251 ⓘ defenses based on good faith reliance in 29 U.S.C. § 259 ⓘ limitations on employer liability in 29 U.S.C. § 252 ⓘ provisions on compromise and waiver of claims in 29 U.S.C. § 253 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	postliminary activities ⓘ preliminary activities ⓘ
effectiveDate	1947-05-14 ⓘ
enactedBy	80th United States Congress ⓘ
exception	preliminary or postliminary activities made compensable by contract ⓘ preliminary or postliminary activities made compensable by custom or practice ⓘ
excludesFromCompensation	activities that are postliminary to the principal activity or activities of employment ⓘ activities that are preliminary to the principal activity or activities of employment ⓘ
influencedBy	Supreme Court decisions expanding compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
legislativeContext	enacted in response to expansive judicial interpretations of compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
limits	employer liability for certain past wage and hour claims ⓘ
partOf	United States labor law ⓘ
policyGoal	to protect interstate commerce from burdens caused by unexpected retroactive wage liabilities ⓘ to provide certainty to employers regarding compensable work activities ⓘ
provides	a statute of limitations for certain wage and hour actions ⓘ defenses for employers against certain Fair Labor Standards Act claims ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 80-49 ⓘ
purpose	to clarify employer liability for compensating certain employee activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ to limit liability for claims based on preliminary and postliminary activities ⓘ to restrict retroactive wage and hour liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
regulates	compensation for time spent on postliminary activities ⓘ compensation for time spent on preliminary activities ⓘ
relatedTo	Portal-to-portal pay ⓘ compensable work time ⓘ wage and hour litigation ⓘ
shortName	Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Portal-to-Portal Act
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
signingDate	1947-05-14 ⓘ
statuteOfLimitations	2 years for non-willful violations ⓘ 3 years for willful violations ⓘ
subjectMatter	employee compensation for time worked ⓘ employer liability for wages ⓘ federal wage and hour standards ⓘ

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Public Law 80-49 → hasAlternativeName → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portal to Portal Act of 1947

Public Law 80-49 → hasLegalCitation → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ⓘ

Public Law 80-49 → hasShortTitle → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ⓘ

Fair Labor Standards Act → relatedTo → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 ⓘ

Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 → shortName → Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portal-to-Portal Act