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Harris Fawell: “This is precisely why in all of those instances where exemptions are granted, nothing like this has ever been put into…”

On the recordJune 10, 1998
This is precisely why in all of those instances where exemptions are granted, nothing like this has ever been put into the Fair Labor Standards Act. I want to add also that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens) actually is extending the overtime provisions to now include the 8-hour day as well as the 40-hour work week. The Fair Labor Standards Act has always applied only to a 40-hour work week, not to an 8-hour day, too. So he is bringing in something completely new to the Federal law, the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Harris Fawell
Republican · Illinois

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Discussing changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding overtime provisions.

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