Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011
The recession has hurt many Americans in the past couple years. Many people have been laid off due to cutbacks, recent college graduates have faced months of unemployment and many people are currently overqualified for the jobs they have. The job market has taken a hit. Currently, more than 14 million Americans have been counted […]
A Brief History of the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a federal statute of the United States. Also known as the “Wages and Hours Bill,” the FLSA helped to establish a national minimum wage, guaranteed ‘time-and-a-half’ for certain jobs and most importantly, it prohibited minors from being employed in “oppressive child labor.” The Fair Labor Standards […]
