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  2. Wage and Hour Division - Wikipedia

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    The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.

  3. New York State Department of Labor - Wikipedia

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    In January 1942, for the duration of World War II, the President of the United States absorbed the New York State Employment Service into the National Manpower Program. In 1944, New York State’s Minimum Wage Law was amended to include men. In 1945, the NYS Industrial Board was replaced by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. [43] [44]

  4. Taylor Law - Wikipedia

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    The Public Employees Fair Employment Act, more commonly known as the Taylor Law, is Article 14 of the state Civil Service Law (of the Consolidated Laws), which defines the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York. The Public Employees Fair Employment Act (the Taylor Law) is a New York State statute, named after labor ...

  5. Employment contract - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Labor Standards Act also affects employers and employment contracts in that it establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. The FLSA applies only to employers whose annual sales total $500,000 or more or who ...

  6. History of labor law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, minimum wage and overtime; West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937) upholding the legality of the minimum wage, reversing Adkins; United States v. Darby Lumber Co., 312 U.S. 100 (1941) held that all labor standards could be regulated consistently with the Commerce Clause, reversing Hammer

  7. Legal working age - Wikipedia

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    Employment Standards Act [10] Manitoba: 13: Can work with a permit from Employment Standards. No working from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Can not work more than 20 hours in a school week. 16: Can work in most fields, but may not perform dangerous work. No working from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 18: Unrestricted; The Employment Standards Code

  8. Labour law - Wikipedia

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    Employment standards are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislature, regulatory, or judicial).

  9. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Legislature had passed the Bakeshop Act of 1895, which limited work in bakeries to 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week, to improve health, safety and people's living conditions. After being prosecuted for making his staff work longer in his Utica , Mr Lochner claimed that the law violated the Fourteenth Amendment on " due ...