Fair Labor Standards Act

Q5/ What department is usually responsible for a direct labor rate variance? What department is usually responsible for a direct labor efficiency variance? Explain. Direct labor rate variance shows the difference in hourly wages from standard to direct labor workers. While it is important for workers to know the rate of hourly wages, it is more important for managers to investigate the rate variances because it can help predict the reason for unfavorable rate variance in most cases and explain…

income earners in the US earned 10% of the pre-tax wages (Noah, 2012) but that number has increased to 20% by 2013 (Piketty, 2014). Another worry is that this consolidation of wealth that we have seen in recent years may lead to monopolization of labor, which may lead to less consumer freedoms, general lack of competition, and other market manipulations which were discussed in class (Lynn and Longman 2010). While income disparity is a major factor in the changing economic climate in the United…

Three Acts of Roosevelt's New Deal The National Labor Relations Act is also known as the Wagner Act. In 1933, Senator Robert F. Wagner submitted a bill before Congress that would prohibit unfair labor practices by employers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed this bill into law on July 5, 1935. It guaranteed the right of employees to organize, form unions, and bargain collectively with their employers. It also assured that workers would have a choice on whether to belong to a union or…

Labor law deals with the regulations in the work place and the pros and cons of unions in the workplace. Labor laws were put in place to protect the employees and to set the rules and regulations in the workplace between employers and employees. The Family Leave Act of 1993 (FLMA) was enacted by the Federal Government and put in place to guarantee employees up to 12 unpaid weeks of leave for medical and family emergencies. For example if an employee gets sick and needs to take some time off of…

During the 1930s, there was a great deal of labor and union activism. American unions and organizations nearly tripled their membership from the early 1930s to the end of the decade. A union is defined as an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers (Dictionary.com). Unions began to form because workers were fed up with unfair working conditions such as, unfair wages and extremely long work hours. Forming unions…

be a productive and indispensable member of the workforce. With change comes implications, not only for the workforce, but also for Human Resource (HR) managers. “Today, people of color, women, and immigrants account for nearly 85 percent of our labor force” (DeCenzo, Robbins, & Verhulst, 2013). What we have today is not what we had over one hundred years ago; evolution has taken place within the workplace, starting all the way from the industrial period to the technological period today. The…

This Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge is being filed on behalf of NFFE 1442 Local Union concerning affected NFFE, 1442 Local Union Vice President Mr. Charles Vickery due to a Letter of Reprimand that was given to him by his immediate Supervisor. The Letter of Reprimand was administered on 24 October 2017 as a result of him requesting Sick Leave and an exchange of words between him and the Supervisor that ensued. The charge is being filed to contest violations by the Immediate Supervisor,…

In accordance with VEVRAA, all government contractors and subcontractors must employ and advance military veterans who meet the criteria without discrimination (United States Department Of Labor, n.d.). Under VEVRAA, employers gain employees who have a military background, understand the chain of command, and typically have a strong work ethic. Vietnam veterans gain employment with companies when other businesses may have turned them away…

Have you ever wondered how a credit card transaction works? What is the process flow after swiping the small credit card through that little black box? These questions bothered me for some time and finding the answers lead to a diligent job search. Consequently, the search ended when I found employment at Vantiv, a Merchant Credit Card processing company in Houston, Texas. The year was 1998; the company offered me a customer service position in their call center. Eagerly I accepted the job;…

Every company is always thinking about how they can maximize their total earnings, and credit card companies are no different. While students may be one of the better targets for this because the majority don’t have credit cards and are low on funds; they also are some of the ones in most danger of overspending with not being knowledgeable. Even though this is the case, I think if the credit card companies are doing this in a more transparent and informative way than normal credit card signups,…