Federal overtime law.("Moments are the Elements of Profit": Overtime and the Deregulation of Working Hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act)(Book Review) From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Leonard, James B. | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Moments Are the Elements of Profit": Overtime and the Deregulation of Working Hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act. By Marc Linder. Fanpihua Press, Iowa City, 2000, 524 pp., $15/paperback.

The Federal overtime law, which is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) originally enacted in 1938, requires that employees be paid one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours above 40 worked in each workweek. The purpose of this requirement is typically ...