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. The act, which sprang from the ...

Three firefighters claim the town violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them for time they worked or utilized ...

Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. The conflict would last for over three years and would be responsible for an estimated 4 million deaths, ...

A. Jonathan Trafimow and Julia Gavrilov, of Moritt Hock & Hamroff, address questions surrounding settlements in employment actions, particularly after 'Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House', in which ...

The slashing of worker protections is aimed at increasing the rate of exploitation and boosting the profits of US ...

The Mexico Lindo Grill & Cantina at 1857 Lower Muscatine Road in Iowa City is one of three Iowa restaurants accused of wage-and-hour violations by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s ruling that had blocked mass layoffs in the federal work force.

A chain of Iowa-based Mexican restaurants is being sued by the federal government for allegedly paying some of its workers only the tips collected from customers.

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...