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Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936

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as determined by the Secretary of Labor. The law prohibits the employment of youths less than 16 years of age and convicts (only those currently in prison), except under certain conditions. The Act sets standards for the use of convict labor, and job health and safety standards. The Walsh-Healey Act
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The Walsh-Healey Act that applies to U.S. government contracts exceeding $ 15,000 for the manufacturing or furnishing of goods. Walsh-Healey establishes
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on August 10, 1933, which required government contractors to comply with codes of fair competition issued under the
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pay for hours worked by contractor employees in excess of 40 hours per week, and sets the
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The Act was named for its Congressional sponsors, both Massachusetts Democrats, Senator
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With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power
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Compliance Assistance - Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
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FAR Subpart 22.6- Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act -
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41 USC §§6501-6511
United States labor law
New Deal
overtime
minimum wage
prevailing wage
David I. Walsh
Arthur Healey
Executive Order
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery Act
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
US labor law
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Davis–Bacon Act of 1931
http://FARSITE.HILL.AF.MIL
"Federal Contracts-Working Conditions: Wages in Supply & Equipment Contracts"
Federal Labor Laws
Congressional Digest
The Department in the New Deal and World War II
Text of the Act, 41 USC 35 et seq.
Legal Information Institute
Compliance Assistance - Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
Categories
1936 in American law
74th United States Congress
United States federal labor legislation
Minimum wage law
1936 in labor relations

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