Technology Acts There were many advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts that the government had to implement. The two that will be discussed in this paper are the PATRIOT Act of 2001‚ and the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. Both of these acts were deemed necessary due to increasing terrorist threats for the PATRIOT Act‚ and for fairness in obtaining credit for the Fair Credit Reporting Act. US PATRIOT ACT‚ 2001 The
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and breathing. Without oxygen‚ life would cease in less than 10 minutes. The Clean Air Act is the law that defines EPA ’s responsibilities to improve and protect the nation ’s air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. In March 2011‚ EPA issued the Second Prospective Report which shows the analyzes of how the Clean Air Act has helped from 1990 to 2020. According to this study‚ In 2020‚ the Clean Air Act Amendments will prevent over 230‚000 early deaths. About 85 percent of $2 trillion are associated
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experience. Three main components to consider when deciding on compensation for your employees are; the position‚ experience level‚ and customer satisfaction. As far as wages are concerned the main law that your company has to be aware of is the Fair Labor Standards Act. This sets the federal minimum wage and the overtime requirements for your employees. Your company has to provide at the lowest and hourly rate of $7.25 and time and a half for any hours worked over 40 hours during one workweek. (U.S. Dept
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United States has several laws that are intended to further fair‚ balanced‚ and competitive business practices. These laws are typically effective as control measures to ensure fair business practices are followed. Determining the success or failure of specific legislation or regulations can be relative to what angle you are looking from. This paper will discuss the Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 and how it addresses concerns surrounding fair accounting practices. Anytime new laws or regulations
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In 1938 the federal government established the Fair Labor Standards Act. This law marked the first time that employers were legally required to pay their employees overtime for certain jobs. When the law was first passed the country’s minimum wage was $0.25 per hour. The federal minimum wage applies to every state under Washington’s Constitutional authority to regulate “interstate commerce‚” but several states have passed their own laws to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 level. Nineteen
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Directors who happen to work for more than forty hours in a week as demanded by law are entitled to compensation. This has to cover the amount of time and effort they have used to serve the organization or state agency to the best of their knowledge. Despite such directors being under the excluded job category‚ they still have to be paid for their services for having worked for extra hours. These directors‚ just like other categories of excluded employees are entitled to pay for having exceeded the
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substantively to two other learners Laws to choose from in answering the discussion question: a. employment-at-will b. Fair Labor Standards Act c. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 d. EEOC Regulations concerning sexual harassment e. Age Discrimination in Employment Act f. Americans with Disabilities Act g. Family and Medical Leave Act Governmental activities to choose from in answering the discussion question: a. Social Security premiums b. Social Security
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References: UCMerced. (2012). Fair labor standards act (flsa). Retrieved from http://hr.ucmerced.edu/compensation-and-classification/fair-labor-standards-act-flsa
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several laws that affect privacy in the work place. Some of them are listed below: Fair credit reporting act (FCRT) Employee Privacy Law Privacy issue occurs when employers enforce certain rules and procedures in the workplace that violate an employee’s freedom to do as they please. Freedom of Information Act of 1966 The Freedom of Information Act of 1966 regulates the dispensing of information within government agencies. The Privacy Act of 1974 The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that public-sector
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to make sure that they are within compliance for the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)‚ and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was established to maintain minimum wages‚ overtime pay which affects part-time and full-time employees ("Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Of 1938"‚ 2015). With in the Fair Labor Standards Act is the wage and hour division‚ this division focuses on what the fair minimum wage should be for all employees. Minimum wage
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