Publication Date
1969
Abstract
WHENEVER extensive amendments such as those effective last year are made to general wage and hour legislation, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act which applies to businesses of all kinds, large and small, throughout the nation, a great variety of new problems in administration of the law arises concerning the meaning and application of the new and amended provisions in the many fact situations involved in the operation of different businesses. In order to administer the law, the Department of Labor has to consider the possible alternatives in interpreting the scope and meaning of the terms used, and must construe the various provisions of the statute together in such a way as to provide a workable tool for accomplishing its overriding legislative purpose, with general guidelines for its application which can be expected eventually to receive the approval of the courts. Even after general principles for administering the new legislation are developed in this process, their application in any particular context peculiar to a specific kind of business operation may present additional problems.
Recommended Citation
Nystrom, Harold C.
(1969)
"Current Problems in the Administration of Wage-Hour Laws,"
Georgia Law Review: Vol. 3:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol3/iss2/8