National Youth Adminstration:
Basic Defination- The National Youth Adminstration was part of the New Deal program that helped teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 get jobs while still being able to continue their education.
--The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency in the United States. It operated from 1935 to 1943 as part of the Works Progress Administration. The NYA was headed by Aubrey Willis Williams, a prominent liberal from Alabama who was close to Harry Hopkins and Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1938, it served 327,000 high school and college youth, who were paid from $6 to $40 a month for "work study" projects at their schools. Another 155,000 boys and girls from relief families were paid $10 to $25 a month for part-time work that included job training. Unlike the CCC, it included young women. The youth normally lived at home, and worked on construction or repair projects. Its annual budget was approximately $58,000,000.
What it did:The NYA sought to cope with this problem in two ways. First, the administration provided grants to high school and college students in exchange for work. This allowed young people to continue studying while at the same time preventing the pool of unemployed youth from getting any larger. Second, for those young people who were both unemployed and not in school, the NYA aimed to combine economic relief with on-the-job training in federally funded work projects designed to provide youth with marketable skills for the future. The latter was, by far, the more challenging of the NYA's tasks and, by 1937, the project had provoked some criticism for failing to provide adequate funding for job training. As a result, the administration shifted its emphasis to skills development in late 1937. The NYA operated numerous programs for out of school youth.
Eleanor Roosevelt helped establish the National Youth Administration in June 1935. The NYA helped more than 2 million high school and college students stay in school by giving them grants in exchange for work. They worked in libraries and college labs, and on farms. The NYA also found work for 2.5 million young people who were not in school and not working. As World War II approached, NYA youths worked in defense industries where they gained useful job skills.
The NYA was an equal opportunity agency, providing aid to women and minorities. This feature of the program was very important to Mrs. Roosevelt. "It is a question of the right to work," she said, "and the right to work should know no color lines."
Eleanor Roosevelt played a huge part in getting the National youth Administration started.
Successful? Yes, it was.
The NYA's priorities shifted once again in 1939 as unemployment began to wane and war gradually approached. For the next four years, the NYA emphasized skills training in defense-related industries. Despite the NYA's success, as wartime spending increased, Congress refused to continue funding the program and abolished the NYA in 1943.
Still around today? No it was only in effect from 1935 through 1943
Passed--1935
Fair Labor Standards Act--
Basic Defination: In June 1938, Congress passed a bill designed to limit the maximum number of hours that could be required of employees and the minimum wages they could be paid.
What it did:
This legislation, known as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or the Wages and Hours Act, was the last major piece of New Deal legislation. In general, the FLSA, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, set minimum wages and maximum hours for all employees manufacturing products that were shipped in interstate commerce. It also established requirements for overtime and restricted child labor. Originally, the act's provisions extended to approximately one-fifth of the working population. Over the years, Congress amended the FLSA to add categories of employees to its coverage and to raise the level of the minimum wage. Effective 1 September 1997, the minimum wage became $5.15 an hour.
Controversy?
When first proposed the bill created controversy for a number of reasons. First, some legislators feared it would violate workers' "liberty of contract." From the 1890s through the 1930s, the Supreme Court carefully evaluated all wages and hours legislation to ensure that such laws did not infringe upon this constitutional guarantee.
Sucessful? --Yes.
If you are under 14 years of age, you may be out of luck. The Fair Labor Standards Act (U.S. Department of Labor) sets the minimum age for employment at 14. It also limits the number of hours worked by minors under the age of 16. In addition, the FLSA generally prohibits the employment of a minor in work declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. Included is work involving excavation, driving, and the operation of many types of power-driven equipment. The FLSA contains a number of requirements that apply only to particular types of jobs (for example, agricultural work or the operation of motor vehicles). The FLSA has exceptions to these limitations. For example, minimum age requirements do not apply to minors employed by their parents or guardian. However, minors may not work in mining, manufacturing, and occupations where the minimum age requirement of 18 years old applies. Youths of any age may also deliver newspapers; perform in radio, television, movie, or theatrical productions; and babysit or perform other minor duties around a private home.
Passed in 1938
We still use the Fair Labor Standards Act today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Administration
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/nya.cfm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act.aspx
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/n/na014.html
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/adviceforkidsandteens/a/teen_employment.htm
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