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  2. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 - Wikipedia

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    The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [75] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.

  3. Wage and Hour Division - Wikipedia

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    FLSA: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law commonly known for minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, recordkeeping, and special minimum wage standards applicable to most private and public employees. FLSA provides the agency with civil and criminal remedies, and also includes provisions for individual employees to file ...

  4. Misclassification of employees as independent contractors

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    In the U.S., it can occur with respect to tax treatment or the Fair Labor Standards Act. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that the IRS claims to lose millions of dollars in uncollected payroll, social security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes because of misclassification of independent contractors by taxpayers. [1]

  5. Employee compensation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, wages for most workers are set by market forces, or else by collective bargaining, where a labor union negotiates on the workers' behalf. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes a minimum wage at the federal level that all states must abide by, among other provisions. Fourteen states and a number of cities have set ...

  6. Why do we work 9 to 5? The history of the eight-hour workday

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    Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the United States until reforms came with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. - Bettmann/Bettmann/Bettmann Archive The ...

  7. The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment - AOL

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    FDR strongly supported the addition of child labor regulations as part of his Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was primarily a minimum-wage and maximum-hours measure for adult workers ...

  8. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires a federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 but higher in 29 states and D.C., and discourages working weeks over 40 hours through time-and-a-half overtime pay. There are no federal laws, and few state laws, requiring paid holidays or paid family leave.

  9. Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins ...

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    Perkins was the longest-serving labor secretary in U.S. history and is credited with helping establish the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act ...