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The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) is a federal law that sets labor standards for contractors and subcontractors working on federal service contracts and federally assisted construction contracts exceeding $100,000. It requires the payment of overtime (one and one-half times the basic rate) for work exceeding 40 hours per ...
The Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 ( 41 USC §§6501-6511) is a United States labor law, passed as part of the New Deal. It is a law on basic labor rights for U.S. government contracts. It was intended to improve labor standards.
The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (1962) established "standards for hours, overtime compensation, and safety for employees working on federal and federally funded contracts and subcontracts".
Chapter 37 — Contract work hours and safety standards; ... public Act number 432, HR 28766, passed in the third session of the 62nd Congress, [4] ...
The Wage and Hour Division ( WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. [ 1] The Wage and Hour mission is to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the ...
Previously, the United States Department of Labor was responsible for implementing the Davis–Bacon Act, "which requires that federally-contracted workers be paid the 'local prevailing wage' on government projects, and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA), which mandates that federal contractors pay their employees ...
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 § 7 Under section 8 (29 U.S.C. § 158) the law defines a set of prohibited actions by employers, employees, and unions, known as an unfair labor practice. The first five unfair labor practices aimed at employers are in section 8(a). These are, (a)(1) "to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7 ...
The bill, titled the “Thirty-Two Hour Work Week Act,” would reduce the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours over the span of four years, including lowering the maximum hours required for ...