The move ends an effort begun during the Biden administration to place disabled workers’ wages in line with those of their ...

Johnson's Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act would change the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust federal requirements for child labor laws.

Three Republican senators have teamed to make another attempt to pass long-sought Republican legislation aimed at overhauling federal labor law and setting a national standard for independent ...

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed reinstating the companionship exemption, which covers certain home care workers under specific ...

On Dec. 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to phase out the issuance of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Section 14(c ...

The current session of Congress ends Jan. 3, 2025, and with judicial appointments, a spending bill and disaster aid among the current legislative priorities, the Fair Ball Act could be pushed to ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) stands as a cornerstone of federal labor legislation, enacted in 1938 to safeguard workers' rights and establish essential standards for employment practices in the ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act is designed to protect the rights of workers in the United States and promote their well being. Most jobs in the country are covered by the provisions of the Act, ...

That figure was 80% in 2009 when the act passed, and in 1979 it was 62%. In a 2008 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ledbetter encouraged women to advocate for themselves to get fair pay at ...