jan 1, 1938 - Fair Labor Standards Act

Description:

1864…1938’s
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. Child labor (in 1900: 18% of all-American workers under the age of 16) was outlawed.

Added to timeline:

Culture The story of English

ByJustine van den Hoed

12 Apr 2021

744

Date:

jan 1, 1938

Now

~ 87 years ago