International labour standards

National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), also known as the Wagner Act, is a Federal Law enacted by the Congress in 1935 to protect both employers and employees. It protects employees regardless of whether one is a member of a union or not. It grants them the right to form or join trade unions in order to improve their working conditions. NLRA stabilizes the employer-employee union relations (Bible, 2015). The Act also restrains certain private sector labors and…

I believe six hour work days would not be very productive. Here are two of my reasons i have like, people losing hours on their jobs, some workers are getting sick and last but not least gender and minority wage gaps. My first reason on why its not productive is because some workers are getting sick. To work a six hour day it requires some critical things in order for it to be "successful". For example, workers are going to have to maintain a consistent level of concentration in work…

Two examples of self-assessment tools that were focused on were ‘temperament’ and ‘motivation at work’. The two tools have different purposes in which they want to assess, firstly the ‘temperament’ tool is measuring an individual’s temperament, in more detail their personality, patience, temper, character and their disposition. The tool ‘motivation at work’ is assessing the participant’s motivation that they have in a job and the different aspects that make up an individual’s motivation. Both…

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published advice regarding decreasing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The DOL said that most workers qualify as employees according to the terms set down in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with stress placed on the fact the statute provides a very broad definition of employment. The head of DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, David Wells, put together a 15-page administrator’s interpretation that showcased employees being…

After reading the article, “Hiring Right” by Carolyn Heinze, I realized that hiring employees is a tedious process crucial to the success of businesses today, and as most candidates and managers alike know, that in this tough economy, the hiring process does not begin with an interview and end with a job offer. Rather, it involves strategic planning and extensive consideration of the job opening and candidate profile prior to an interview. Indeed, when deciding which candidate is the best fit…

I started considering Industrial revolution as a topic when I heard about the terrible work conditions and child labor. My teacher had been teaching about the industrial revolution, so I had already knew a lot about the industrial revolution. I was glad to hear about how all of the problems of the industrial revolution led to labor unions. A labor union: an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. But I also felt…

We can change this by ensuring that parents have better livelihoods. More than half of these children are engaged in labor deemed “hazardous” – i.e. it is harmful to the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral or educational development.” (International Labor Rights Forum) There are so many children in the world who are deprived of a life with school, safety, and money. These children live in very harsh conditions that are much different than the ones that we live in. People and companies…

Rikki Tikki Tavi Comes Of Age The story of Rikki Tikki Tavi is a coming of age story because of the way he learns to solve a problem, accomplish a goal, and mature. Rikki Tikki is a young mongoose who washes up in a flood and lands in front of a young boys house. The boy, Teddy, and his English family take Rikki Tikki in and give him food, shelter, and a comfortable place to sleep.That hospitality comes at a cost, the family wants Rikki Tikki to protect them from any trouble that lurks in the…

evokes sadness for the children who work in the cocoa fields. Western African countries such as, Ghana and the Ivory Coast supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa. Food Empowerment Project states that “The farms of Western Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars, and Nestlé—revealing the industry’s direct connection to the worst forms of child labor, human trafficking, and slavery”(food is power). Over the years journalists have been able to expose these corrupt…

During the Industrial Revolution, children had a lack of education suffered from bad living conditions and terrible acts of child labor. Kids were being sold by their parents into slavery and would never see them again. If kids ended up staying with their parents they would usually live in a small apart with 50 or more other people with no working clean water. Kids were sent at a young age to work and if they got injured they were not protected by the government. Child labor was a big problem…