National Security Act The National Security Act of 1947 became law on July 26‚ 1947. It created the Department of the Air Force‚ headed by a secretary of the Air Force. Under the Department of the Air Force‚ the act established the United States Air Force. The United States Air Force‚ upon establishment‚ had a mission statement. The mission statement included topics on values‚ strong culture‚ and ethics. The Air Force is one of many organizations that are outcome oriented. Its goal is to
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Fair Labor Standards Act Overview The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938‚ as amended is also referred to as "the Act" or "FLSA". The Act provides for minimum standards for both wages and overtime entitlement‚ and spells out administrative procedures by which covered work time must be compensated. FLSA also include provisions related to child labor‚ equal pay‚ and portal-to-portal activities. A general overview of FLSA is that it establishes minimum wage‚ overtime pay‚ recordkeeping‚ and child
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Cesar Estrada Chavez was an American farm worker‚ labor leader‚ and civil rights activist. He is the best known Latino civil rights activist. He was born on March 31‚ 1927 in Yuma‚ Arizona to a poor Mexican American family. He grew up in an adobe home with four other siblings. His family owned a grocery store and a ranch‚ but their land got taken away during the Great Depression in 1938. His family’s home was taken away too after his father had agreed to eighty acres of land in exchange for the deed
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INDUSTRIAL RELATION & LABOUR LAWS Assignment Topic National commission on Industrial Relation Recommendation Submitted by J. Mary Smile MBA-Final Year NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The first National Labour Commission 1929‚ had promised lot in the direction of social security‚ social welfare‚ wages‚ social insurance‚ industrial relations‚ industrial adjudication‚ collective bargaining etc‚. In sequel to the recommendations made in the report of the first national commission
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able to have the “Fair Labor Standards Act” passed and signed into law. This piece of legislation was a land mark in our history. It banned most child labor; it set a minimum hourly wage and set the standard work week. This was the beginning that made employers develop records to keep track of the wages that they paid to their employees and records of the hours the employees were working. The Supreme Court had been one of the major obstacles to wage-hour and child-labor laws. In the 1936 Presidential
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practitioner-focused research help next-generation leaders resolve disputes‚ champion change‚ and align people and purpose. 2 Enrol at: irc.queensu.ca The number of outstanding grievances is one of the most telling indicators of the state of labour relations in a unionized environment. Considering legal costs and reduced productivity‚ it is also a very expensive indicator for both employers and unions. Like taxes‚ grievances are impossible to avoid. But strategic practitioners can reduce their frequency
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civil rights organization for Latino people. 7. In 1962 he resigned in order to found the National Farm Workers Association (now known as the United Farm Workers of America). 8. He embraced the nonviolent principles of Ghandi and MLK‚ and in 1968 and 1972‚ he fasted for 25 days to highlight the struggle of farm workers. 9. The union was able to pass the 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act. 10. In 1988‚ he fasted for 36 days at the age of 61 for a "Fast for Life" to draw attention
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HW 2: pg. 116-117 Q’s 1-3 (due Apr.5th) 1. As arbitrator‚ what would be your award and opinion in this arbitration? My award and opinion as an arbitrator would be to be in accordance with the union’s position. The grievant could have committed any type of irresponsible actions or any discrepancies‚ there is no way to prove it‚ and the fault for setting up such system where the guilty cannot be proven was made by the employer. Therefore‚ in this case‚ the grievant does not belong inside
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Jacob Adshead 194ISS: Race and Racism in Britain. Coursework one The Race Relations Act 1976 and its impact on Race and Racism in Britain When studying Race and Racism in Britain the pivotal turning point of race relations is the passing of the Race Relations Act on the 22nd of November 1976. The Race Relations Act made discrimination unlawful on the grounds of race‚ colour‚ nationality and ethnicity. For me this point in history‚ equality of race is formally dealt with‚ as it is the first
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Progressive Discipline Theresa K. Trafford Southern New Hampshire University Employee and Labor Relations October 2011 Abstract Discipline within the workplace is and has been a controversial subject. With so much at stake‚ employers and employees have different opinions on types of discipline and the effectiveness of these processes. One largely debated form of workplace discipline is progressive discipline. Should employees be encouraged to rehabilitate in the workplace? Should management
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