Fair Labor Standards Act

Labor unions have been around for centuries. They were put in place to help union members to ensure their wages and working conditions were up to par. Unions were formed so workers can have a voice to fight against employers due to unfair labor practices. Every employee wants to feel they are a valuable employee and feel they are being appreciated. In this paper, I will discuss how a large, fast growing non-union manufacturing organization that has multiple locations in the United States and…

compliance with labor law does not end with the agencies discussed previously, rather, it continues with a number of federal acts that will impact in some way any unions established at Amazon.com. Human resource managers at this company can stay ahead of the curve by not only complying completely with the applicable tenants of these laws, but by gleaning insights from the spirit and intent of their passage. Railway Labor Act The Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926, regulates labor relations in…

Research Memo of NLRB and FLRA NLRB, the National Labor Relations Board, is an independent federal agency vested with the ability to safeguard employees' rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions. The NLRB is an independent Federal agency established to enforce the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Congress empowered the NLRB…

As the progress of technological innovation marches on, it brings a new layer of complications to the labor relations process. More than ever, the challenge of balancing employee privacy with employer interests presents immense difficulties, especially with regards to social media. The two cases examined in the following pages form a framework for a cursory investigation of workplace privacy and an employer’s interest and legal rights to restrict the digital activities of their employees. In the…

1. In the above case, Mary Smith is suing Lending Store, Inc. for being fired without any form of explanation. Mary Smith can argue that she has been decimated and the company has violated the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, “the right of all employees and job applicants (1) to be treated without discrimination and (2) to be able to sue employees if they are discriminated against” Cheeseman, 2007, p. 428). Mary Smith can argue that…

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the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice” (nbclatino.com). Cesar Chavez, and American labor leader, believed in non-violence as he went on his strikes. He sacrificed himself for others as he fasted for continuous days. Cesar Chavez is an important figure in American History because he used non-violence to bring attention to farm workers. Without Cesar Chavez, America would not have fair pay and…

All throughout American History we have been taught about the Slavery, Civil rights movements, the presidents and many many wars. But, something that is always very much overlooked has been Dolores Huerta and Mexican American history in general. I believe that the knowledge to understand and to know who is Dolores and What she did to offer the Mexicans in the United States is something essential to fully understand the entirety of American History. Which sadly, like I mentioned before is…

By the time World War II came along more men were needed to fight in the war therefore women had to take over doing certain jobs that were supposed to just be jobs for men. In 1942 “the National War Labor board urged people employers to make adjustments which equalize wage or salary rates paid to females with the rates paid to males for comparable quality and quantity of work on the same or similar operations” (Beth Rowen). This was ignored by employers…

into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, and the right to fair wages or equal pay. Throughout time our culture has created great advancements for women’s rights especially in the work place for instance the implication of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying different wages for males and females for the same work. (Gateways to Democracy) Did the Equal Pay Act help women in the workplace? No, there was still discrimination between the process…