S 349
102th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
American Samoa
Employment of the handicapped
Equal pay for equal work
Home labor
Hours of labor
Minimum wages
Overtime
Sex discrimination in employment
Standards
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the application of such Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 5, 1991
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Introduced
In committee
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To President
Became law
Feb 5, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Feb 5, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise its application.
Revises minimum wage and maximum hours provisions (as well as provisions for special industry committees for American Samoa) to apply such requirements specifically to employers of employees who in any workweek are engaged in industrial homework and who are either engaged in commerce or in the production of goods in commerce (in addition to any other employees so employed).
Revises the scope of the application of requirements relating to wage rate orders for employers in American Samoa, prohibition of sex discrimination in wage rates, and handicapped workers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1