CONTENTS PART I Norris-LaGuardia (Anti-injunction) Act----- Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Taft-Hartley). Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum- Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act-- Executive Order 11491–Labor-management relations in the Federal Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963- Anti-Strikebreaker Law (Byrnes Act). Anti-Racketeering Act (Hobbs Act). Anti-Kickback Law and Copeland Act---- LABOR STANDARDS AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act... Executive Order 11246-Equal Employment Opportunity Executive Order 11247—Providing for the coordination by the At- torney General of enforcement of title VI of the Civil Rights Act Executive Order 11375_Amending Executive Order No. 11246, re- lating to equal employment opportunity --- Executive Order 11478—Equal employment opportunity in the Fed- Consumer Credit Protection Act (Garnishment). Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (Pertinent provisions) Urban Mass Transportation Act (Pertinent provisions) National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act (Secs. 5(j)-(k)) - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND SAFETY AND HEALTH Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.-- Executive Order 11612—Occupational safety and health programs for Federal employees--- Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Federal Metal and Non-Metallic Mine Safety Act- Federal Employees' Compensation Act----- Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964. Medical Recovery Act--- Federal Tort Claims Act... Migrant Health Act--- 765 769 849 937 967 1039 1047 1053 1059 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 As Amended on the Effective Date 2 of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 AN ACT To provide for the establishment of fair labor standards in employ. ments in and affecting interstate commerce, to increase the minimum wage rate under that Act, to espand the coverage of the Act, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938." FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY Sec. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general wellbeing of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3) constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce. The Congress further finds that the employment of persons in domestic service in households affects commerce. (b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through the exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, to correct and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate the conditions above referred to in such industries without substantially curtailing employment or earning power. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. As used in this Act (a) “Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons. 1 Changes made in the existing law by the 1974 amendments appear in Italic. * Effective date: (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the amendments made by this Act shall take eftect on May 1, 1974. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), on and after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Labor is authorized to prescribe necessary rules, regulations, and orders with regard to the amendments made by this Act. (1) |
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