To read what FDR had to say in his weekly Fireside Chat about the Fair Labor Standards Act, go to: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15662&st=fair+labor+standards+act&st1=
The Fair Labor Standards Act standardizes the 40-hour workweek and codifies paid overtime, minimum wage and child labor laws. It also creates the Wage and Hour Division to enforce the law.
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