Working Conditions

At the local newspaper store in my town the young man-from India-works six days a week and 13.5 hours per day. That is 80 hours a week. and he does not get paid overtime. I do not know what his  weekly pay is but it seems that the law is being violated in this instance.  To my knowledge the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) passed in the 1930's requires an eight hour day and 40 hour week, with overtime being paid for hours over that limit.  How can a company, in this case a Indian owned company, work someone in violation of the law?  Maybe for some reason the law does not apply to foreign owned companies or maybe he is considered management, but if not it seems his employer is violating the law.  I would further guess that he is in this country on a work visa and that is the only way an employer is going to get someone to work those kinds of hours.  An American worker/citizen would have legal recourse if he was that employee.  This is a reason we need reform of our immigration system.  Non-citizens are being abused while native workers are being denied a job.

Update:  Sorry, I noted the wrong labor law from the New Deal days of FDR.  The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was the legislation that set maximum hours and time and a half for over time.