President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law on June 25, 1938.

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Fair Labor Standards Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, set a minimum wage, overtime requirements and standards for child labor.

In June 1938, Congress passed one of the most important labor laws in U.S. history. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed during the New Deal era of social and economic reforms, and ...

Eighty years ago this week President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) into law. A crucial piece of New Deal legislation, it created the first federal minimum wage.

This precedent upheld the constitutionality of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). ... Presidents from Jefferson to Lincoln to Roosevelt understood departmentalism.

The Fair Labor Standards Act was signed on June 25, 1938, and it changed the American workplace forever The Fair Labor Standards Act was signed on June 25, 1938 Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV ...

As the Fair Labor Standards Act ... 1938, the FLSA was part of the New Deal championed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, among many others.

Enter the Fair Labor Standards Act ... In 1938, FDR signed into law the Fair Labor Standards Act, which established that employers must pay overtime to employees working more than 40 hours a week.

During her 12 years as Roosevelt's labor secretary, she was credited with helping establish the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act that ...