FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Articles and editorials

Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices, E158 [10FE]

Ignoring Other Candidates, Kerry Turns Focus on Bush, S133 [22JA]

Overtime Improvement, S4796 [4MY]

Timeout on Overtime Rule, S4749 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Labor: declare operation of power driven amusement park rides a hazardous occupation for purposes of certain child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 4190), H2265 [21AP]

Employment: clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation (see S. 2975), S11090 [10OC]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see H.R. 4396), H3391 [19MY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP] (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP] (see H.R. 5043), H6996 [9SE]

Taxation: provide small business tax incentives, increase the minimum wage, and increase the exemption for annual gross volume of business done by an enterprise (see H.R. 5093), H7233 [15SE]

U.S. Olympic Committee: require companies that enter into licensing agreements observe certain labor standards (see H.R. 4988), H6704 [22JY]

Letters

Dept. of Labor overtime pay regulations: Senators Enzi and Collins, S4796 [4MY]

Dept. of Labor proposal to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S2978 [23MR]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S351 [2FE], S1541 [25FE], S2973 [23MR], H368 [4FE]

———Gene Overstreet, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., S2981 [23MR], E172 [12FE]

———Randy Fleming, S230 [26JA], S1542 [25FE]

———Senator Boxer, S2972 [23MR]

———Senators Harkin, Kennedy, and Daschle, S8 [20JA]

Dept. of Labor proposals to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Randy Fleming, S10943 [9OC]

Minimum wage increase: several economists, S10557 [6OC]

Minimum wage level: Imo Harned, S3351 [30MR]

Lists

Economists supporting minimum wage increase, S10557-S10560 [6OC]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to overtime pay eligibility regulations, S9917-S9927 [29SE], H7850-H7861 [29SE]

Press releases

Final DOL Regulations Protect and Expand Overtime for America's First Responders—F.O.P. Efforts Crucial to Protection of Overtime for Public Safety: Fraternal Order of Police, S4733 [3MY]

Regulations

Estimating overtime costs of employers, S6 [20JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act overtime treatment of professional employees, S4 [20JA]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood, H256 [3FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1688), H2046 [1AP]

Dept. of Labor: declare operation of power driven amusement park rides a hazardous occupation for purposes of certain child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 4190), E582 [21AP]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H2836 [12MY], H3238 [19MY], H6447, H6448 [21JY], H6817, H6876 [8SE], H6922-H6932, H6982 [9SE], H7000 [13SE], H10203 [20NO], E713 [29AP], E834 [12MY], E858 [14MY], E884 [17MY], E903 [18MY], E932 [21MY], E1618 [14SE]

———treatment of veterans and military personnel in overtime regulations revisions, H368 [4FE]

EEOC: National Contact Center funding, H5266 [7JY]

Minimum wage: level, H2143 [2AP]

———level (H.R. 4256), E716 [30AP], E1894 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 841), S6827 [16JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S4-S8, S14, S17, S19 [20JA], S67, S70, S84, S92, S96-S100 [21JA], S132-S136, S140, S155, S162-S164 [22JA], S209 [23JA], S227 [26JA], S274 [27JA], S351, S352 [2FE], S586, S587 [4FE], S1541 [25FE], S2076-S2079, S2081-S2083 [3MR], S2211 [4MR], S2839, S2848-S2850, S2852 [22MR], S2947, S2962-S2981 [23MR], S3062-S3068, S3071, S3075, S3082, S3085 [24MR], S3205 [26MR], S3269, S3288 [29MR], S3433 [31MR], S3555 [1AP], S3739, S3765 [6AP], S4115, S4116, S4143 [20AP], S4183 [21AP], S10942-S10944 [9OC], S11187 [10OC], S11237 [11OC], S11745, S11793 [20NO]

———treatment of veterans and military personnel in overtime regulations revisions, S1541 [25FE], S2839 [22MR], S2964, S2966 [23MR]

Employment: clarify provisions relating to overtime pay, S4732-S4734, S4742-S4752 [3MY], S4781, S4788-S4794, S4796-S4806 [4MY], S4854 [5MY], S7266 [23JN], S8173, S8219, S8220 [15JY]

———clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation, S10670 [7OC], S10809 [8OC], S10972 [9OC], S11030 [10OC], S11276-S11278 [11OC]

———clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation (S. 2975), S11068, S11107 [10OC]

Minimum wage: level, S101, S102 [21JA], S211 [23JA], S1440, S1441 [23FE], S1539 [25FE], S3265, S3266, S3268, S3269 [29MR], S3336-S3345, S3349-S3352 [30MR], S3407-S3420, S3428, S3433, S3437, S3447 [31MR], S3529-S3538, S3548 [1AP], S3765 [6AP], S7698, S7700, S7705 [7JY], S8271 [16JY], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S10557 [6OC], S10943 [9OC], S11793 [20NO]

———level (S. 2370), S4699, S4722 [29AP], S4727 [3MY]

Statements

It's Time for a Raise—Hundreds of Economists Support a Minimum Wage Increase: several economists, E1894 [11OC]

Texts of

S. 2975, clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation, S11084, S11107 [10OC]