The United States Congress introduced the USA Patriot Act after the September 11th terrorist attacks. It was instated for the purpose of combating terrorist acts in the United States and all over the globe. This act gives the government the right to view your personal records in order to create a safer environment for our community. The patriot act is a benefit for the United States in that we can now be much more secure knowing that potential terrorists are being suspected and halted before they
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The Consumer Credit Act 2006 is an act of parliament which intends to increase consumer protection when they are borrowing money. This act requires businesses that lend money to customers or offer goods or services on credit to be licensed by the office of fair trading. Trading without a license is a crime and can result in a fine or even imprisonment. This act applies to businesses that may offer goods or services on credit or companies that lend money to consumers. The business must be licensed
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The Fair Labor Standards Act Of 1938 by Codey Mitchell 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
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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 – as Amended As the United States endured the hardships of the Great Depression‚ the struggles of the working class grew and employers were able to take advantage of desperate workers by overloading hours and shrinking wages. In 1938‚ President Franklin Roosevelt‚ in his New Deal legislation‚ saw the opportunity to attend to the issues concerning workers involved in interstate commerce. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed‚ and the President described it in
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Fair Tax Act: Should You Support It or Not? If you hear people discussing the Fair Tax Act but aren’t yet familiar with it‚ you’ll probably wonder what the fuss is all about. One side says that the act will solve a lot of the United States’s taxation issues‚ while the other points out that it will bring on a whole new set of problems. If you’re wondering which side is right‚ you must first understand what the Fair Tax Act is all about. Basically‚ it will abolish almost all kinds of federal taxes
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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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religion. Nothing is being done to prevent this discrimination‚ so we suggest putting a law into place‚ which would be the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act is an act that permits landlords from discriminating against minorities. It also keeps other tenants from physically harming or using racial slurs in public towards these minorities. One of the reasons the Fair Housing Act should be placed into law is to keep the African American population safe from harm. An article‚ “Housing and Race” states
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The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADAA) of
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to legal termination of an employee the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has no legal requirements for prior notice to an employee regarding the termination of his or her job (Mullin‚ 2002). The legal requirements in layoff situations are detailed in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act). Generally‚ the WARN Act requires that a covered employer provide 60 days’ notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (Mullin‚ 2002). This act is designed to provide protection to workers
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Fair Debt Collection Practice Act: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)‚ the nation’s consumer protection agency‚ enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)‚ which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive‚ unfair‚ or deceptive practices to collect from you [ftc.gov]. FDCPA became effective in March 1978; it also protects reputable debt collectors from unfair competition and encourages consistent state action to protect consumers from abuses in debt collection [federalreserve.gov].
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