Russell‚ 2013‚ p.349). The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)‚ also widely known as the Wagner Act‚ was a law established during the great depression era during the year 1935. As such‚ these laws recognized from a formal perspective of worker’s rights to collectively bargain with representatives of their choice. (Barnardin & Russell‚ 2013). Additionally‚ these laws provided for employees and rights to oppose what was perceived real or imagined as unfair labor practices and policies by the employer
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Mark Vigna Everybody Wanted to Get in on the Act: What Historians Have Said About Political‚ Labor‚ Religious‚ and Social Leaders and the Agency of the Common Citizen in the Great Depression War‚ starvation‚ charges of corruption‚ mass migration‚ and desperation are often the subject of intense contemporary and historical scrutiny whenever and wherever they occur. The Great Depression of the 1930s‚ in America‚ contained all these elements and therefore left an indelible imprint on the minds
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To protect the rights of both employees and employers‚ the NLRA defines certain activities as unfair labor practices. These unfair labor practices are illegal under the NLRA and under state laws. These unfair labor practices can be committed by either employer or unions. Unfair labor practices by management were implemented by the National Labor Relations Act and the unfair labor practices by labor
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Title: The effectiveness of the current labor relations system Course: Labor and Management Relations The current labor relations system has its strengths and weaknesses. It can work well within the workplace‚ but the system has barriers that can create issues with resolving disputes within it. Unions and management often are able to negotiate provisions peacefully in the labor agreement to allow such things as medical and dental insurance‚ shift differential pay‚ pensions‚ employee stock
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What is The Fair Labor Standards Act? Jacqueline Daniels ACCT 1130 Payroll Accounting Tomeika Williams February 5‚ 2014 Abstract “The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 is one of the most important pieces of legislation ever enacted‚ giving a voice to the millions of Americans in our workforce.” (Resource FLSA Law ‚ 2006) Keywords: workforce What is The Fair Labor Standards Act? In 1983‚ President Roosevelt retained the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ which legitimately
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What challenges do you see with interpreting labor and employment laws and court decisions? There are a lot of grey areas in interpreting labor and employment laws. No one case can exactly apply to another. The must rely on precedents but be able to adapt them. For example the three part test (mentioned below) can be adapted to almost any case involving supervisory status. Case Study 3.1 1. Drake and Keeler could argue that they were engaged in a concerted and lawful act. This means two
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Child Labor Laws In The 1800’s Child Labor‚ once known as the practice of employing young children in factories‚ now it’s used as a term for the employment of minors in general‚ especially in work that would interfere with their education or endanger their health. Throughout history and in all cultures children would work in the fields with their parents‚ or in the marketplace and young girls in the home until they were old enough to perform simple tasks. The use of child labor was not a problem
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cinematography. It strikes a chord in the hearts of many. Who like to be wearing the life of a little girl? This is the dark reality of many children’s lives. Child labor‚ the exploiting of children for profit‚ is far more prominent in the world than the average person realizes. According to stopchildlabor.org‚ 168 million children are pressed into labor under physical or financial threat; these children are forced to work to support their families or pay off a debt. They can be as young as five years old‚
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Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements Strayer University BUS 310 Prof. Robert High March 15‚ 2009 Outline Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements I. History of the American Labor Movement a. Labor and Employee Laws b. The Union II. Labor Relation Process c. Public-Sector Labor Relations
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automatically thought about the 2011 NBA lockout. When I chose this topic I did not know a lot about how the NBA (National Basketball Association) and NBPA (National Basketball Players Association) functioned as a whole. I do know about basketball but this labor dispute had really nothing to do with basketball the game but everything to do with basketball the business. I had never thought of the NBA as a business before. Picking this dispute gave me a chance to dive into information and research on how the
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