Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
The Fair Labor Standards Act Of 1938 by Codey Mitchell
The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is a federal statute that applies to the United States. It is sometimes called the Wages and Hours Bill. It helps employees engaged in interstate commerce or those who work for a enterprise who is involved in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, unless the employer can make a claim and be found exempt from coverage. The FLSA established a national minimum wage, employees were promised 'time and a half' for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minor in "oppressive child labor," a term that is defined in the statute as, in more or less words, extremely rigorous labor.
The Amendments of The FLSA
In 1946, the United States Supreme Court deemed that preliminary work activities, where controlled by the employer and performed entirely for the employer's benefit, are properly included as working time under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and require payment just like regular working hours. This was called the 'Portal-to-Portal' act. This specified exactly what type of of time was deemed as payable work. In general, as long as an employee is engaging in activities that benefit the employer, regardless of when they're performed, the employer legally has to pay the employee for their time. It also specified that travel to and from the work place was required of employment and shouldn't be considered paid working time, because no real benefit has come to the employer. The full scale effect of the FLSA of 1938 wasn't really noticed during the inflation of the wartime inflation of the fourties, and was known to be postponed to most people. Due to the war, minimum wage was changed. This amendment included changes to pay, defined a "regular pay rate," redefined the term "production," raised the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents per hour and extended child labor coverage. It also included a few new exemptions for special worker
The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is a federal statute that applies to the United States. It is sometimes called the Wages and Hours Bill. It helps employees engaged in interstate commerce or those who work for a enterprise who is involved in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, unless the employer can make a claim and be found exempt from coverage. The FLSA established a national minimum wage, employees were promised 'time and a half' for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minor in "oppressive child labor," a term that is defined in the statute as, in more or less words, extremely rigorous labor.
The Amendments of The FLSA
In 1946, the United States Supreme Court deemed that preliminary work activities, where controlled by the employer and performed entirely for the employer's benefit, are properly included as working time under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and require payment just like regular working hours. This was called the 'Portal-to-Portal' act. This specified exactly what type of of time was deemed as payable work. In general, as long as an employee is engaging in activities that benefit the employer, regardless of when they're performed, the employer legally has to pay the employee for their time. It also specified that travel to and from the work place was required of employment and shouldn't be considered paid working time, because no real benefit has come to the employer. The full scale effect of the FLSA of 1938 wasn't really noticed during the inflation of the wartime inflation of the fourties, and was known to be postponed to most people. Due to the war, minimum wage was changed. This amendment included changes to pay, defined a "regular pay rate," redefined the term "production," raised the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents per hour and extended child labor coverage. It also included a few new exemptions for special worker