The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Fluctuating Workweek Scheme: Competitive compensation Strategy or Worker Exploitation?
In: Labor Law Journal, Jg. 44 (1993-02-01), Heft 2, S. 92-100
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The article discusses the maximum hour/overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 in the U.S. The Act is deemed by many to be the first modern anti-poverty law. Although passed during a period of widespread unemployment and small profits, Congress argued that the economic vitality of the country required that the usage of child labor be closely regulated and that minimum wage and maximum wage and maximum hour protections be guaranteed for wage earners. The Act was further amended in 1961 and 1966 to encompass enterprises and to include more kinds of employees as well as all state, county, and municipal employees. The overtime provision is aimed at sharing available work and seeks to make hiring more workers a more costly option for employers than scheduling overtime. However, some 50 years later, overtime pay for current employees is often the least costly option for employers to exercise. Further, it is argued that when the current weak economy starts to recover, companies will be reluctant to bring in new workers. The overtime provision of the FLSA was aimed at spreading employment by making the hiring of more workers a less costly option than the scheduling of overtime for current employees.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Fluctuating Workweek Scheme: Competitive compensation Strategy or Worker Exploitation?
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Martin, Christopher L. ; Aalberts, Robert J. ; Clark, Lawrence S. |
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Zeitschrift: | Labor Law Journal, Jg. 44 (1993-02-01), Heft 2, S. 92-100 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1993 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0023-6586 (print) |
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