Laws Affecting Pay

• Equal Pay Act Of 1963
  
  
• Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
  
  
• Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968)
  
  
• Davis Bacon Act (1931)
  
  
• Walsh Healy Act (1936)

Requires that male and female employees be paid the same for equal work on jobs requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility performed under similar working conditions.

Requires payment of a minimum wage (currently $6.65 per hour) and time and one half for time worked in excess of 40 hours in a week.

Amended by the Portal to Portal Act to define arrival and departure times and to establish a statute of limitations of two years.

Limits garnishments to 25% of employees’ dispensable income. Protects employees from termination for garnishments from one creditor.

Requires that workers on Federal construction contracts in excess of $2,000 be paid the prevailing wage.

5. Walsh Healy Act (1936)

Requires that workers on Federal contracts requiring the manufacture or purchase of materials in excess of $10,000 be paid the prevailing wage.


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