National Labor Relations 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…

Garcia v. City of Antonio The issue on whether compensation and overtime pay is applicable to excluded and non-excluded security personnel is a major issue across various states. Even though the Fair Labor Standards Act provides direction regarding this issue, it remains to be a major concern that has attracted huge attention throughout various states. The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress have been forced to make several landmark decisions regarding whether compensation and overtime pay is…

virus that wrecked economies and the stock market ruining thousands of lives. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president during that time and he promised Americans that he would protect their rights and freedom. Many American workers would be busy doing labor work and being exploited. In June 1938, Senator Hugo Black created a law known…

Understating the FLSA Overtime Rule in Today’s Social Setting What is the FLSA overtime Rule? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rule determines whether employees are eligible or exempt for overtime pay. Under the rule employees may be classified as exempt due the rate of pay and the type of work that they perform. Perhaps most importantly, employees who are classified as exempt are not eligible for overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 during a workweek. Similarly, an employee who…

hard to pass a bill through the congress, 200 organizations promised to support raising the minimum wage and help in passing the bill. This article is quiet organized with dates and simple in understanding its information, and described the congress act toward the minimum…

with is the high amount of money that the company loans each year. Political and legal factors that Quicken Loans has faced was becoming the defendant in a class action lawsuit in 2004. Employees accused Quicken Loans for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and failing to compensate them for overtime work. In 2011, a federal judge ruled in favor of Quicken Loans. The demographic aspect of Quicken Loans includes where the organization takes place and who has access to it. Quicken Loans has a…

At this viewpoint, organizations employ, take, use and throw away their employees whenever they do not need their services any longer. The image shows how transnational corporations exploit labor from their host communities and how they achieve their objectives through the global economy. When I found a job, one employee left under unclear circumstances while the company laid off the other. In others words, the image suggests that organizations…

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, 454). One of the…

The Department of Labor administers a variety of Federal labor laws. These laws are established to guarantee a worker’s right to a minimum hourly wages, overtime pay, safe working conditions, unemployment insurance, and freedom from 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…

in these factories. The use of child labor in the U.S. stayed legal until nineteen thirty eight when the Fair labor standards act was passed. This law required business to pay children a minimum wage determined by each state. This law also regulated the amount of hours a child can work a week. The fight against the use of Child labor was led by many political officials and parents across the united states. One of these activists was Grace Abbott. “Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound…