The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping and child labor standards for both full time and part time workers in the United States. The FLSA establishes minimum wage and state and local government rules of employment. Exempt employees are employees who do not have to be paid overtime.…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the FLSA on June 25, 1938. It was signed in as a federal labor law to provide criteria for governing general labor practices such as overtime, minimum wages, child labor protections and equal pay. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a long and extensive document in and of itself. It defines many exceptions and exemptions. For purposes of this paper the portion of the FLSA that will be concentrated on is the difference between exempt and non-exempt employees.…
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The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions, provide medical benefits, compensation for lost wages, and rehabilitation services to employees who are injured during the course of employment or contract an occupational disease related to employment. Survivor benefits also are provided if the work-related injury causes the employee's death.…
United States Department of Labor. (n.d.). Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/…
Which of the following is not a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?…
The fair labor association ensures that every level of the supply chain compensates employees fairly, provides fair working conditions, and humanely treats animals that are used for resources. This affects the employees of every aspect of their supply chain.…
The SSA, similar to Britain’s welfare state, was passed in 1935 and established a system for unemployment insurance, senior pensions, and relief for the disabled, the elderly poor, and families with dependents. The SSA was great for the people that qualified for it, however, many people including agricultural and domestic workers, unmarried women, and nonwhites, did not qualify and thus did not receive any of its benefits. The FLSA, which passed in 1938, was one of the last pieces of New Deal legislation to be enacted. It banned the products of child labor from being sold in interstate commerce, set a minimum hourly wage for employees, and required employers to pay overtime to workers who exceeded working forty hours per week. The FLSA established federal regulation of wages and working conditions, both of which would have been vehemently fought against in the policies of the pre-Depression era. Again, it is seen that the act established helped, but not…
The FLSA is the most general federal labor law. It contains the minimum wage provisions, Equal Pay Act, child labor restrictions, and a variety of other federal labor and employment law sections. The FLSA described about minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and child labor standards. Those provisions are effected/covered both full-time and part-time workers in the private companies and in federal, state, and local government.…
The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is a federal statute that applies to the United States. It is sometimes called the Wages and Hours Bill. It helps employees engaged in interstate commerce or those who work for a enterprise who is involved in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, unless the employer can make a claim and be found exempt from coverage. The FLSA established a national minimum wage, employees were promised 'time and a half' for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minor in "oppressive child labor," a term that is defined in the statute as, in more or less words, extremely rigorous labor.…
“The future of unions and collective bargaining system is uncertain.” (Barnardin & Russell, 2013, p.349).…
The goal of the health and safety at work act 1974 was to create a single comprehensive system of regulatory law covering health and safety in the UK. The law imposes general duties upon employers and employees, the three primary objectives are to:…
This case was carried out the ethical issues in hiring practice among the stakeholders particularly on their impact to the company. It identifies the stakeholders’ respective roles and moral obligation. US Law will apply for solution of the unfair hiring decision such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Some HIV and AIDS information also carried out to support the hiring decision. Both sides of the argument either agree or disagree in hiring decision raised to further discuss those ethical issues. It will be implemented several actions and recommendations to solve the unfair hiring decision.…
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), often referred to as the "OSH Act," was enacted in 1970 by President Richard M. Nixon. Its purpose is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for men and women (EPA, 2006). The Act is administered and enforced at the national level by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a division of the US Department of Labor. The application of the OSH Act in the current employment climate will be discussed as it applies to a variety of industries; considerations that are most applicable to the specific type of industry will be discussed initially, and those that are equally important regardless of the type of business will complete the section. Finally, this paper will discuss how the OSH act evolved from organized labor activities to federal law and its widespread national application.…
In summary, the Occupational Safety and Health Act was enacted “to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women, by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the states in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions, by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other purposes (http://osha.gov).…