when did the us enact labor laws
The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) This law, also known as the Wages and Hours Act, made labor's long struggle for an eight-how day, and for the abolition of child labor, the law of the land. The text will be found at 29 U.S.C. Â§201. The Act prohibits the employment of children under the age of 16; requires employers to pay a minimum wage; and obliges employers to pay overtime pay when employees work more than 40 hours in a week.