FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Articles and editorials

Wal-Mart Calls for Minimum Wage Hike, H9049 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 3482), H6933 [27JY]

———prohibit agreements to provide notice of investigations or inspections relative to child labor violations (see H.R. 4190), H9472 [1NO]

———reform child labor provisions (see H.R. 2870), H4400 [13JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 841), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 840), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1697), H2149 [19AP]

Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H12049 [16DE]

EEOC: require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 157), H76 [4JA]

Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 3651), H7672 [6SE]

———clarify overtime regulations, provide a fair minimum wage, and express support for multiemployer pension plans (see S. 846), S3897 [19AP]

———condition minimum wage exemptions for organized camps on compliance with certain safety standards (see H.R. 2748), H4186 [7JN]

Income: repeal any weakening of overtime protections and avoid future loss of overtime protections due to inflation (see S. 223), S647 [31JA]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 1062), S5436 [18MY] (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY] (see H.R. 3413), H6431 [25JY]

———level (H.R. 2429), consideration (see H. Res. 614), H11879 [15DE]

———provide a credit to employers of tipped employees in determining minimum wage required in States that require a higher minimum wage than the Federal rate (see H.R. 3732), H7860 [13SE]

———provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining levels for employers required to pay a minimum wage at a rate higher than the current Federal rate (see H.R. 4505), H11503 [13DE]

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. 1091), H981 [3MR]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: adoption of regulations relative to overtime pay eligibility regulations, S2343-S2380 [9MR], H1225-H1262 [9MR]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: reform child labor provisions (H.R. 2870), E1215 [14JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1687), E686, E695, E705 [19AP], E719 [21AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1697), E686 [19AP]

EEOC: prohibit funding for closure or consolidation, H4531, H4532 [15JN]

Minimum wage: level, H995 [8MR], H9438 [1NO], H12055 [17DE]

———level (H.R. 2429), H5663-H5674, H5703 [12JY], H9049 [25OC], E1024 [19MY]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: minimum wage level, H9049 [25OC]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 841), S3894, S3900 [19AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 840), S3894, S3900 [19AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, S8375-S8377 [15JY]

Employment: clarify overtime regulations, provide a fair minimum wage, and express support for multiemployer pension plans (S. 846), S3957 [19AP], S4038 [20AP]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees, S11516-S11521, S11533-S11548 [19OC]

Income: repeal any weakening of overtime protections and avoid future loss of overtime protections due to inflation (S. 223), S673, S674 [31JA]

Minimum wage: level, S1980, S1981 [3MR], S2113-S2133, S2134 [7MR], S11407-S11409 [17OC], S11469 [18OC], S11516-S11521, S11529-S11548 [19OC]

———level (S. 1062), S5451 [18MY], S5549 [19MY]

Reports

Historical Relationship Between the Minimum Wage and Poverty, 1959 to 2005: Tom Gabe, Congressional Research Service, H5668-H5670 [12JY]

Protecting Working Children in the U.S.—Is the Government's Indifference to the Safety and Health of Working Children Violating an International Treaty? Child Labor Coalition, E1216 [14JN]

Texts of

S. 223, Overtime Rights Protection Act, S673 [31JA]

S. 846, clarify overtime regulations, provide a fair minimum wage, and express support for multiemployer pension plans, S3902 [19AP]