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Fair Labor Standards Act
= = =Fireside Chat= Hello All, This is Frankilin D. Roosevelt here to talk to you about the new Fair Labor Standards Act passed on June 25. The FLSA was passed this June to improve the working contidions, hours, and wages for working employees in this country. Also known as the wages and hours bill, this act was passed to help employees by setting a minimnun wage, restricting hours, and keeping minors from working. I feel strongly that this act will truley be helpful to all American citizens and will be well liked. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed as part of my new deal in hopes to help the economy and bring America oput of the great depression. lthough the Act will not take place until this October 24, I believe this is the most far reaching, far sighted program for the benefit of the workers that has ever been adopted. Thank you all for listening

= = =Short Term Impact-= The Fair Labor Standards Act didn’t reach its full potential at first during the Great Depression because of the wartime inflation. However the Fair Labor Standards Act did end most child labor in the United States. It established a minimum wage and a base on how overtime should be paid. Fair Labor Standards Act was somewhat successful during the Great Depression. = = = = = = =Long Term Impact-= The Fair Labor Standards Act still strongly affects the working society today. It protects workers from unfair treatment and the pay scale idea is still the same, even though minimum wage has increased. It protects people from long hours and compensation. If it weren’t for the Fair Labor Standards Act workers may still be taken advantage of today. The Fair Labor Standards Act was an important Act that has had a lasting effect on the United States of America. 


 * The Fair Labor Standards Act, also known as the FLSA and the Wages and Hours Bill was created on June 25, 1938.
 * The Act applies to any employee occupied in interstate commerce or any employee creating a product for a consumer.
 * The Act sets a minimum wage for employees, restriction to minors, and it calls for time and a half pay for overtime.
 * The poster on the right shows the rights granted to employees through the Fair Labor Standards Act.
 * The poster on the left shows how the big businesses do not like how the Fair Labor Standards Act has taken away their children workers because they were minors.