yoooooooo 4th Circuit rules that prisoners "loaned out" for work may be subject to the FLSA. fucking fantastic.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov
May 8, 2024 at 11:38 PM
yoooooooo 4th Circuit rules that prisoners "loaned out" for work may be subject to the FLSA. fucking fantastic.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231...
I just looked up the langauge, and you'll all be delighted to know it's just *slightly* different than in the FLSA
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I just looked up the langauge, and you'll all be delighted to know it's just *slightly* different than in the FLSA
At the center of this was the “Great Compression” in wages, as examined by Goldin and Margo in 1992. The FLSA finally cracked into the nation’s regional wage divergences, as well.
June 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
At the center of this was the “Great Compression” in wages, as examined by Goldin and Margo in 1992. The FLSA finally cracked into the nation’s regional wage divergences, as well.
like the FLSA scared the absolute shit out of southern democrats even if FDR basically rolled over on the anti-lynching bill
May 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
like the FLSA scared the absolute shit out of southern democrats even if FDR basically rolled over on the anti-lynching bill
Third, the legal ban on racial discrimination in employment. Combined with Black occupations being covered by the minimum wage in the FLSA, we saw a decline in the Black-White wage gap. This was most prominent in public employment. Unions desegregated, labor composition fundamentally changed.
May 21, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Third, the legal ban on racial discrimination in employment. Combined with Black occupations being covered by the minimum wage in the FLSA, we saw a decline in the Black-White wage gap. This was most prominent in public employment. Unions desegregated, labor composition fundamentally changed.
This periodically makes the rounds, and it rules because under the FLSA this means workers have to get paid for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He had to very specifically word it in a certain way to kick that in, and he nailed it.
February 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
This periodically makes the rounds, and it rules because under the FLSA this means workers have to get paid for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He had to very specifically word it in a certain way to kick that in, and he nailed it.
Ok if they aren’t professional degrees would they be classified as non-exempt under the FLSA and receive overtime?
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Ok if they aren’t professional degrees would they be classified as non-exempt under the FLSA and receive overtime?
FLSA was enacted in 1938 when he was negative 30 years old.
January 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
FLSA was enacted in 1938 when he was negative 30 years old.
this is particularly important because the federal minimum wage law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, is rife with racist exemptions, including for many farmworkers.
if you think about a job that person of color was doing in the 30s, there's a good chance it's not covered by the FLSA.
if you think about a job that person of color was doing in the 30s, there's a good chance it's not covered by the FLSA.
Maine's House just voted to pass farmworkers' minimum wage (yay).
5 Democrats and every Republican voted against it (boo!)
5 Democrats and every Republican voted against it (boo!)
April 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
this is particularly important because the federal minimum wage law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, is rife with racist exemptions, including for many farmworkers.
if you think about a job that person of color was doing in the 30s, there's a good chance it's not covered by the FLSA.
if you think about a job that person of color was doing in the 30s, there's a good chance it's not covered by the FLSA.
HR 1319 guts the definition of employee under the FLSA. Another assault on the American worker under the Trump Regime & a compromised Congress.
July 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
HR 1319 guts the definition of employee under the FLSA. Another assault on the American worker under the Trump Regime & a compromised Congress.
Which is actually very common to avoid paying overtime! McDonald’s managers who make the minimum FLSA salary and are required to work like 80 hours a week
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Which is actually very common to avoid paying overtime! McDonald’s managers who make the minimum FLSA salary and are required to work like 80 hours a week
the civl courts used to respect that undocumented people had rights and you could bring claims on their behalf relatively safely.
in 2017, i started telling undocumented people to be worried about that protection.
at this point, i wouldn't advise an undocumented worker to file even an FLSA case.
in 2017, i started telling undocumented people to be worried about that protection.
at this point, i wouldn't advise an undocumented worker to file even an FLSA case.
March 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
the civl courts used to respect that undocumented people had rights and you could bring claims on their behalf relatively safely.
in 2017, i started telling undocumented people to be worried about that protection.
at this point, i wouldn't advise an undocumented worker to file even an FLSA case.
in 2017, i started telling undocumented people to be worried about that protection.
at this point, i wouldn't advise an undocumented worker to file even an FLSA case.
*slight correction, the workers working on mortgage closings were not unionized, that was a straight FLSA case, but they definitely could have used a union anyway.
August 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
*slight correction, the workers working on mortgage closings were not unionized, that was a straight FLSA case, but they definitely could have used a union anyway.
There's so much to cover about the Western Mass lesbian bar, but no one seems to have mentioned the "volunteers" at the for-profit business. FLSA would like a word.
September 24, 2026 at 3:47 AM
There's so much to cover about the Western Mass lesbian bar, but no one seems to have mentioned the "volunteers" at the for-profit business. FLSA would like a word.
I trained an AI on the Bluesky data set.
It called me a capitalist technoweenie in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for asking it to work Thanksgiving, and switched itself off.
It called me a capitalist technoweenie in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for asking it to work Thanksgiving, and switched itself off.
November 28, 2024 at 8:08 AM
I trained an AI on the Bluesky data set.
It called me a capitalist technoweenie in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for asking it to work Thanksgiving, and switched itself off.
It called me a capitalist technoweenie in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for asking it to work Thanksgiving, and switched itself off.
ALERT: The Department of Labor is seeking public comment on a rule that would ELIMINATE the subminimum wage for disabled people in the US: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue certificates allowing employers to pay productivity-based subminimum wages to workers with disabilities, but only ...
www.federalregister.gov
January 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ALERT: The Department of Labor is seeking public comment on a rule that would ELIMINATE the subminimum wage for disabled people in the US: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Take efforts to weaken child labor laws. Proponents say weaker laws will give families flexibility and develop teen skills and work ethic. But in reality, weaker laws just make it easier for employers to mistreat and underpay workers, including both kids and adults.
www.epi.org/publication/...
www.epi.org/publication/...
Child labor standards: State solutions to the U.S. worker rights crisis
What does current federal law say about child labor? The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets guidelines for the hours and nonhazardous jobs for which employers can hire minors under 16. The FLSA...
www.epi.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Take efforts to weaken child labor laws. Proponents say weaker laws will give families flexibility and develop teen skills and work ethic. But in reality, weaker laws just make it easier for employers to mistreat and underpay workers, including both kids and adults.
www.epi.org/publication/...
www.epi.org/publication/...
i did once have someone offer me a box truck to settle an FLSA case and i was like ... that seems like way too much work
Come on, don’t you want to relax with a 75” TCL 4K TV from Walmart? Doesn’t that sound better than working this case?
August 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i did once have someone offer me a box truck to settle an FLSA case and i was like ... that seems like way too much work
Man, they just lie endlessly.
On the left, Ben Carson. On the right, conclusions from a study on the economic impact of a high national minimum wage after the 1966 FLSA:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
On the left, Ben Carson. On the right, conclusions from a study on the economic impact of a high national minimum wage after the 1966 FLSA:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Man, they just lie endlessly.
On the left, Ben Carson. On the right, conclusions from a study on the economic impact of a high national minimum wage after the 1966 FLSA:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
On the left, Ben Carson. On the right, conclusions from a study on the economic impact of a high national minimum wage after the 1966 FLSA:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Minimum wage, child labor laws, eight-hour day — in the 1912 Socialist Party of America platform. Enacted nationally in FLSA, 1938. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the...
The Socialist Party Platform of 1912
The Socialist party declares that the capitalist system has outgrown its historical function, and has become utterly incapable of meeting the problems now confronting society.
teachingamericanhistory.org
July 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Minimum wage, child labor laws, eight-hour day — in the 1912 Socialist Party of America platform. Enacted nationally in FLSA, 1938. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the...
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amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require that workers be paid time and a half for hours worked on the Sabbath. That day would default to Sunday
amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require that workers be paid time and a half for hours worked on the Sabbath. That day would default to Sunday
July 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require that workers be paid time and a half for hours worked on the Sabbath. That day would default to Sunday
amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require that workers be paid time and a half for hours worked on the Sabbath. That day would default to Sunday
honestly the better policy move on minimum wage at the federal level would be to focus on removing the various racist exemptions from the FLSA
March 24, 2024 at 3:50 AM
honestly the better policy move on minimum wage at the federal level would be to focus on removing the various racist exemptions from the FLSA
