The flsa was enacted 80 years ago to improve the

The FLSA was enacted 80 years ago to improve the working conditions of employees in
the United States. Over these years, this law has continued to evolve and a lot of changes have
been made on how workers should be treated. The law has also laid some standards on how
businesses and organizations are supposed to function in the 21 st -century workplace. Through
this law, equality has been practiced in organizations because workers are paid minimum wage
for all their working hours. Initially, the law had established a 32- cent hourly minimum wage
but now it is $7.25 (Weil, 2014). After the Act was implemented business was restricted from
employing workers who were younger than 14 years old with some exceptions in a family
business and the agricultural sector. Further, certain jibs were limited to children below the age
of 18 years. There were radical changes in the private industry. With the application of this law,
local and state governments have become very generous. Employers are required to understand

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these laws and comply with them.
References
Gamonal, C. S., & Rosado, M. C. F. (2019). Principled labor law: U.S. labor law through a
Latin American method .
In Lichtenstein, N., & In Shermer, E. T. (2012). The right and labor in America: Politics,
ideology, and imagination .
Weil, D. (2014). Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be
Done to Improve It . Cambridge: Harvard University Press.