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Included unemployment insurance, old-age assistance, aid to dependent children and grants to the states to provide various forms of medical care. Has been Admended many times.
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Forbids unfair treatment of employees by employers
Amended many time to raise minimum wage
Reduced number of hours worked without overtime pay
Extended coverage to many low-income workers
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Amendment from the FLSA
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Banned employment discrimination
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Ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. John F. Kennedy
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Banned unfair treatment of workers age 40+
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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors.
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OSHA assures safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
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To provide for the protection of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and for the registration of contractors of migrant and seasonal agricultural labor and for other purposes.
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To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the protections given to older individuals in regard to employee benefit plans, and for other purposes.
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provided the minimum-wage increase, also detached tipped employees from future minimum-wage increases.[
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amended the FLSA to provide for the increase of the federal minimum wage by an incremental plan, culminating in a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour by July 24, 2009.
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replaced the confusing series of “Eight Hour Laws” (from 1892) with a single, comprehensive law to govern hours of work for laborers.
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Aimed primarily at decreasing the number of uninsured Americans and reducing the overall costs of health care.
