The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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Virtually every business establishment in the Unites States is subject to some aspect of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), commonly known as the minimum wage law (Aitchison, 2004). Enacted in 1938, this legislative portion of President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” obligated private employers to pay equal wages to workers in the United States (U.S.) and create overtime pay for them where required (Aitchison, 2004). Public agencies were not included in the initial portion of the FLSA. However, in 1966 and 1974 Congress extended, and the Supreme Court held constitutional, the definition of public agencies to include the U.S. Government and state and local agencies with five or more individuals in a law enforcement agency (Aitchison, 2004), via Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985). The FSLA now has a direct effect on compensation to workers and it not only set…show more content…
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