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Introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day work week, established a national minimum wage, guarenteed a "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor."
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Monitors the activities and powers of labor unions.
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Regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.
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Aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.
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Prohibits sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related mediclal conditions.
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Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accomodations, communications, and governmental activities.
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Entitles eligible employees of covered employees to take unpaid, job protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.