Law
Fair Labor Standards Act
Established minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections.
Year
1938
Impact
Mixed
Status
Active
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
Improved labor standards but excluded many Black workers in agriculture and domestic work.
What This Policy Did
Improved labor standards but excluded many Black workers in agriculture and domestic work.
Evidence and Linked Records
Federal Reparations Direct Compensation Act
Critical • Idea • 1 linked bills
Black Business Equity and Capital Access Act
High • Idea • 1 linked bills
Black Homeownership and Appraisal Fairness Act
High • Idea • 2 linked bills
Black Wealth Restoration and Baby Bonds Act
High • Idea • 1 linked bills
HBCU Capital and Research Equity Act
High • Idea • 6 linked bills
HBCU Endowment and Tuition Reparations Act
High • Idea • 1 linked bills
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Sources
Government
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Department of Labor history page stating that the FLSA banned oppressive child labor and established a federal minimum wage and maximum workweek.
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Department of Labor history page documenting the original wage floor and later changes under the FLSA.
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Wage and Hour Division history page noting that the division was created with enactment of the FLSA in 1938.
The American Presidency Project • Archive • May 24, 1937
Promise Tracker batch 5 reduced FDR source import. Direct Roosevelt promise-level source for the FLSA-related record.
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Promise Tracker batch 5 reduced FDR source import. Outcome-level source for the lasting federal wage-floor effect of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
U.S. House of Representatives • Government • Feb 26, 2021
Promise Tracker batch 5 reduced FDR source import. Outcome-level source supporting the Mixed interpretation by documenting FLSA exclusions affecting agricultural and domestic workers.