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Long title | An Act to establish an eight-hour day for employees of carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. |
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Nicknames | Eight-Hour Workday Act |
Enacted by | the 64th United States Congress |
Effective | September 3, 5, 1916 |
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Public law | Pub. L. 64–252 |
Statutes at Large | 39 Stat. 721 |
Legislative history | |
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The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.[1][2]
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