United States wage law
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 |
| Long title | An Act to provide for the establishment of fair labor standards in employments in and affecting interstate commerce, and for other purposes |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | FLSA |
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| Enacted by | the 75th United States Congress |
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| Effective | June 25, 1938; 86 years ago (1938-06-25) |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 75–718 |
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| Statutes at Large | 52 Stat. 1060 through 52 Stat. 1070 (3 pages) |
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- United States v. American Trucking Ass'ns, 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
- United States v. Darby Lumber Co., 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
- OPP Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of Wage and Hour Div., Dept. of Labor, 312 U.S. 126 (1941)
- Cudahy Packing Co. v. Holland, 315 U.S. 357 (1942)
- Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co., 315 U.S. 386 (1942)
- AB Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling, 316 U.S. 517 (1942)
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
- Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil, 324 U.S. 697 (1945)
- Mitchell v. Robert DeMario Jewelry, Inc., 361 U.S. 288 (1960)
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc., 361 U.S. 388 (1960)
- Maryland v. Wirtz, 392 U.S. 183 (1968)
- National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
- Tony and Susan Alamo Found. v. Secretary of Labor, 471 U.S. 290 (1985)
- Moreau v. Klevenhagen, 508 U.S. 22 (1993)
- Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997)
- Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
- Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576 (2000)
- Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc., 538 U.S. 691 (2003)
- IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 546 U.S. 21 (2005)
- Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 563 U.S. 1 (2011)
- Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 567 U.S. 142 (2012)
- Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk, 569 U.S. 66 (2013)
- Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., 571 U.S. 220 (2014)
- Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, 574 U.S. 27 (2014)
- Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass'n, No. 13-1041, 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
- Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)
- Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, No. 15-415, 579 U.S. ___ (2016)
- Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, No. 16-1362, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
- Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
- Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton, No. 18-389, 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
- Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, No. 21-984, 598 U.S. ___ (2023)
- E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, ___ U.S. ___ (2025)
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Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203[1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.[2][3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor".[4] It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce,[5] unless the employer can claim an exemption from coverage. The Act was enacted by the 75th Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938.
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