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…
A further amazing witnessing, despite their daily compulsive use of certain substances, participants dismissed any conceptions of having a drug addiction. When asked to explain, I received similar responses, “I can stop whenever I want to” and “I can survive without drugs, thus I’m not addicted.” I further examined participants by adjuring them to reflect back on their lives since they began abusing drugs and specify any drastic alterations in their personality and overall behavior, and…
There are many health concerns related to drug use in college that can last years or even a lifetime. “Alcohol-related automobile accidents are the number one cause of death among people ages 15 through 24” (Hartwick College). Repeated use of drugs and alcohol in college can ultimately lead to physical and psychological dependence in the future. There have been many reports showing that marijuana use has affected the brain in a negative way in ways that it affects their memory, learning, and…
During an individual’s lifespan there will be many times that they undergo tough times and begin to feel distraught. Over the past couple of decades there has been an astronomical rise in the number of individuals that have succumb to drug use, while some individuals claiming that this is due to their social status and environments, while others argue that it’s because of their addictive personalities. Regardless of one’s point of view, it is very clear that drug usage in today’s society is…
make informed decisions. Sadly this has not been the case for recreational drugs. The laws currently in place restrict the use of recreational drugs. In this paper, there will be a discussion about what drug liberalization is, what liberalization would look like in Canada, the pros, and cons of this change, and what policies are currently in place that affects recreational drug use. For the sake of understanding,…
is legalized in 23 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to legalize medical marijuana and four states for recreational use. Though marijuana, which is also called cannabis would boost the economy, it has also its negative effects to people, especially to those who treat it as a recreational use. Even though marijuana is legal as recreational use, the Federal Government still considers marijuana as the number one illegal drug. Marijuana should not be legalized for these reasons:…