As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address sanitary working conditions?

Enacted in 1936, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act required companies holding federal contracts over $10,000 to pay minimum wages, limit hours, prohibit child and convict labor, and - critically - maintain safe and sanitary working conditions, making it the earliest federal statute to formally mandate workplace sanitation standards.

The Portal-to-Portal Act (1947) clarified compensable work time under the FLSA and did not address sanitary conditions.

The Davis-Bacon Act (1931) set prevailing wage rates for federal construction projects but did not establish sanitary working condition requirements.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) established minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor rules but was enacted after Walsh-Healey and did not focus on sanitary conditions.