The act also banned businesses from employing workers younger than 14-with some exceptions for agricultural and family businesses-and limited the types of jobs children under age 18 could perform. The FLSA initially established a 25-cent hourly minimum wage (now $7.25) and a 44-hour workweek (which was later reduced to 40 hours). Since its passage in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act has had-and continues to have-a remarkable impact upon the workplace through its requirements that employees be paid at least a minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime premium pay for hours in excess of 40 hours in a workweek, said Steven Pockrass, an attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Indianapolis, in an interview with The law has evolved over the years, and more changes will come as businesses and workers adapt to the 21st century workplace. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was enacted 80 years ago to improve working conditions in the United States.
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