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USA-1988-L-31153
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Hours of Service Act of 1907 (as amended through June 22, 1988)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave; Transport and communication workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1988-06-22
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Regulates the hours of service in the railroad industry of employees in general, of dispatchers, and of signal system employees. It establishes the eight hour day as the measure or standard of a day's work.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1907-03-04
Initial Act
Monograph region
Monograph title
U.S. Labor and Employment Laws
Author
West, R.
Publisher
BNA Books
Place of publication
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States of America
Date
1991-03
Page range
pp. 7-57-7-62