The Byrnes Act of 1936, named for Sen. James Byrnes (SC-D) and amended in 1938, made it a felony to transport any person in interstate commerce who was employed for the...
Our Dates in History
Fair Labor Standards Act
Known as the wage-hour law, this 1938 Act established minimum wages and maximum hours for all workers engaged in covered “interstate commerce.”
Minimum Wage Act
Massachusetts adopts the first minimum wage law, setting a floor under the pay of women and minors. Other states will pass similar laws beginning the same year.
Taft-Hartley Act
Taft-Hartley Act – June 23, 1947 It was not until two years after the close of World War II that the first major modification of the National Labor Relations Act was enacted....
Workers’ Compensation (workers’ comp)
Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s...