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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.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. [3] In passing the bill, Congress stated that sex discrimination: [4]
Delegating and Transferring Certain Functions and Affairs to the Office of Defense Mobilization Provided for in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953 June 17, 1953 31 10462: Delegation of Certain Functions of the President to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator June 19, 1953 32 10463: Amendment of Section 6.4 of Civil Service Rule VI June 25 ...
It was Eisenhower's seventh State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Sam Rayburn, accompanied by Vice President Richard Nixon, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. The speech was broadcast by radio and television. [2] Eisenhower opened this speech with a question:
In 1954, Eisenhower appointed General Lucius D. Clay to head a committee charged with proposing an interstate highway system plan. [232] The president's support for the project was influenced by his experiences as a young army officer crossing the country as part of the 1919 Army Convoy . [ 233 ]
The 1958 State of the Union Address was given by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 9, 1958, to the 85th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [3] It was Eisenhower's sixth State of the Union Address.
Executive Order 10988 is a United States presidential executive order issued by President John F. Kennedy on January 17, 1962 that granted federal employees the right to collective bargaining.
However, Eisenhower limited the Board's mandate to clarifying the issues rather than recommending a settlement. Realizing that the strike could linger despite the use of the Taft–Hartley provisions, management offered a three-year contract with small improvements in pay and fringe benefits and binding arbitration over Section 2(b).