The 40 hour work week is younger than John McCain.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (which also included the establishment of a minimum wage and child labor laws) dictated that a “standard” work week consisted of 40 hours and that, beyond those hours, overtime must be paid for certain jobs.
There have been many amendments to the FSLA over the years - including the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1986 (during the Reagan administration) that repealed the eight-hour daily overtime requirement on Federal contracts) and the changes made in 2004 (during the Bush administration) that classified millions of low-level workers as “executives”… this making them ineligible to receive overtime benefits.
and now they brought back the depression. its all good.
Comment by pansypoo — August 8, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I’m one of those people that don’t qualify for overtime! Hey! I work for the government (county, but still…)
Comment by allie0720 — August 10, 2008 @ 1:46 am