FDR Signing Social Security Act (Wikipedia)
Working Time
So I chose this topic to start with because I currently work full time with the occasional mandatory overtime. This week I have worked a total of 52 hours. It is my personal opinion that 40 hours of work is more than enough. The forty hour work week is a general trend of decreasing time spent at work. Right now the United States ranks 14 in the world for average annual hours worked per worker at 1789 hours.
Time-and-a-half
Time-and-a-half is what I get when I work over 40 hours in a week. So on this paycheck I will have 12 hours of extra pay. This started with the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. All things considered, I would rather have slept in today, and not go to work.
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
This act did a lot for hourly workers. It prevents child labor, started the 40 hour work week, a national minimum wage, and overtime pay. Over the years Congress and the sitting President have increased the minimum wage. This act was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt"s New Deal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt is probably on of the most important figures in our nations history. He presided over the great depression and World War 2. Major new deal legislation included the Fair Labor Standards Act, Social Security, Glass-Steagall Act, and Federal Deposit Insurance Commission. He created the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1942, to help with strategic planning during World War 2.
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