The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a United States labor law enacted by Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 25 June 1938. It established a federal minimum wage, required time and a half overtime pay for hours worked beyond forty in a week, and prohibited the employment of minors in what the Act calls oppressive child labor. It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or in producing goods for commerce, subject to a number of specific exemptions. Roosevelt himself called it the most important piece of New Deal legislation since the Social Security Act of 1935, and its wage, hour and child labor provisions remain the foundation of federal labor standards in the United States.
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Enacted Year Enacted Date Jurisdiction Enacted By75th United States Congress 1 Official CitationPub. L. 75-718; 29 U.S.C. 203 1 Legal StatusIn force, as amended; a 2019 Department of Labor rule updated its exempt-employee salary threshold. 1 Legal Status
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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 203, is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
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The Act was enacted by the 75th Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938.
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June 25, 1938; 88 years ago (1938-06-25)
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is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage
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Pub. L. 75-718
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On September 27, 2019, the Department of Labor released a rule setting the salary level or amount test at $684 per week (equivalent to $35,568 per year) in order for an employee to qualify as an FLSA-exempt executive employee, administrative employee, and professional employee.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 203, is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
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the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 requires standards of prudent management and good governance if employers agree to provide pensions, health plans or other benefits
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