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Fair Labor Standards Act and Overtime

The FLSA is federal employment legislation that was enacted in 1938 at the height of the Great Depression as an attempt to create more jobs and to protect the rights of workers. It establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards/provisions affecting full-time and part-time workers in both the private and public sectors. It is administered by the federal Department of Labor (DOL).