The Constitution and Employment Standards

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1959

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the relationship of the Constitution to wage-and-hour legislation by recreating the case of United States v. Darby Lumber Company. Reviews the legal, social, economic background, and aftermath of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Emphasizes the constitutional standards and their shifting interpretation used by the Supreme Court in judging the constitutionality of labor standards. Illustrates the role of Supreme Court decision-making in the American governmental system. (Center for Mass Communications of Columbia University) Film., Reconstructs the case of United States vs. Darby Lumber Company, which, in 1941, resolved long struggles over the question of whether Congress had the right to set minimum wages, limit child labor, and in other respects legislate employment standards.

Complete Record: Shows the relationship of the Constitution to wage-and-hour legislation by recreating the case of United States v. Darby Lumber Company. Reviews the legal, social, economic background, and aftermath of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Emphasizes the constitutional standards and their shifting interpretation used by the Supreme Court in judging the constitutionality of labor standards. Illustrates the role of Supreme Court decision-making in the American governmental system. (Center for Mass Communications of Columbia University) Film., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.