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Introduction The financial crisis of 2007-2008 hit the United States hard. Many large financial institutions hovered near the edge of collapse, others tumbled to ruin, stock markets plummeted and housing markets suffered. Its aftershocks rippled across the globe, starting a four-year global economic recession, contributing to sovereign debt problems in the Eurozone and stunting international trade. However, perhaps the most acute effects of the crisis were felt by your everyday Jane Does and…

Throughout time laws have come and gone. Many different generations have seen acts that were once considered criminal turn legal, and vice versa. One law that has fluctuated in consistency and rule since 1938 is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is in place to protect workers and is regulated by the United States Department of Labor (DOL). The FLSA encompasses several aspects of the work force that require regulation, including child labor, minimum wage, and overtime pay (Cheeseman,…

discrimination. Established in 1913 this department is now affecting over 125 million workers’. Altogether the department enforces more than 180 federal laws. Some of these laws include Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prescribes standards for wages and overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping and youth labor standards affecting full or part time worker in the private…

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Enacted by Congress in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) established a 25 cent minimum wage, a 44 hour long work week, which was later revised in 1940 to only 40 hours per week, and prohibited child labor (Fair Labor Standards, n.d.). However, in 1940, Fred Darby of Darby Lumber failed to comply to the regulations of the FLSA and was arrested when shipping lumber out of state because he was working his employees overtime and paying them under the minimum wage requirement. After a hearing…

would be tossing them in a trash pile. Not so Elliot Handler. He had been making picture frames with his business partner Harold Matson in a garage workshop. And as the scraps began stacking up in their business, Handler and his wife, Ruth, found a use for them in the making of furniture for dollhouses. That product moved them into the toy business that most of you will recognize by the company name Mattel, a multi-billion dollar corporation that has brought us Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels toy…

the world to do business. It is a social factor helps produce ideas, goods, and services. It is clear that the efficiency of our economy depends substantially on the supply, value and consumption of energy from natural resources. Therefore, when our use of these natural resources would trigger degradation, which typically happens, the reduction limits productivity of economic growth. For example, I observe this direct correlation when gas prices are unpredictably expensive and cheaper. There are…

legalized in may states for medical use as well as recreational use in some states. In a world of chronic disease and pain, a solution to these issues exists. Many of the prescription drugs out there right now are only temporary fixes that cause more problems in the long run. Medical marijuana has been proven to alleviate many problems that dangerous prescription drugs can fix but without the negative side effects. The negatives of responsible marijuana use are none, while the negatives of…

what marijuana can do. The use of marijuana has become popular and helpful for people with tumors, glaucoma and many other diseases. Marijuana should be legalized because it would bring in revenue to the government, it is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and it has many health benefits. People all around the United States already smoke marijuana, much of which is illegal. Medicinal marijuana has already passed in many states, so why not allow for recreational use? Legalizing recreational…

ancient times. The first historical records show that cannabis was used in 4000 B.C. in Central Asia and North West China. The use of the coca leaf, which holds the primary ingredient to make cocaine, was used as early as 3000 B.C in the Andeans Mountain range in South America. One of the oldest uses of psychoactive substances dates back even further. The cultivation and use of opium dates back as early as 4,200 B.C. in Europe. In ancient times psychoactive drugs were mainly used for medical…