Workweek

In America, this predicament was once commonplace. Nowadays, this atrocity is seemingly nonexistent thanks to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (FLSA). The Roosevelt Administration enacted the law to set a ceiling on the hours of a workweek, a minimum floor under wage rates, and to ensure children can attend school and work in a safe, healthy environment. In today’s perspective, a bill so beneficial…

Indeed, economic revenue was not the most amazing part Fordism (the assembly line) had brought to the society; expansion of personal mobility was the rosy prospects the assembly brought into the society. Recall from earlier statement, the personal mobility was very low and poor during 1800s-1900s since public transportation was the only reliable transportation method. Within the development of the assembly line, more people and family were able to afford a car and move from one location to the…

economist and authors stating that a world without work would make people happier allowing more time for leisure actives. In the midst of the Great Depression, the economist John Maynard Keynes forecast that technological progress might allow a 15-hour workweek, and abundant leisure, by 2030”, however according to Nielsen “the jobless don’t spend their downtime socializing with friends or taking up new hobbies. Instead, they watch TV or sleep. Time-use surveys show that jobless prime-age people…

Fair Child Labor Work ethic is essential to maintain a healthy and prosperous livelihood. Countless hours of work could be beneficial for people, but are there more benefits or consequences for children having a job? The United States maintains age and safety standards for child employees. This was made during the Industrial period when children were risking their lives while working in factories. The United State’s Fair Labor Standards Act is beneficial because it states clear limitations on…

June 17, 1963. The appellant had been a Seventh Day Adventist from South Carolina whose religious practices prevented her from working on Saturdays. Her inability to work Saturdays caused her to be fired when her former workplace took up a six-day workweek, and subsequently, no other jobs would hire her for the same reason. Although Sherbert tried to obtain unemployment insurance, the South Carolina government denied her claim, stating that benefits were unavailable to people whom potentially…

Americans were looking for a return to the way of life before World War 1 as Warren G. Harding promised in the election of 1920. ´The 1920s, known as the Roaring 20s was a rough time for the United States. It was a increasing boom in the economy, social trends, and different categories of styles in terms of clothing, food, dancing, etc. It was a era of success, wealth, affluence, and etc. The period of success was a result of the change from the war environment of WWI to a peaceful environment…

Walmart the big boxed realtor that houses stores on 5 continents within 28 countries and reported a net income of $11 billion dollars last year seems to be pretty successful; but it is implied that success is only felt in the upper ranks of the Walmart corporations as many employees have few good words to say towards their employer. In 2014 alone Walmart employees and customers have filled over 5,000 lawsuits against the company, or roughly 14 suits per day (Workplace Fairness 1). Even with…

“Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 per workweek (any fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours — seven consecutive 24-hour periods) at a rate, not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay” (FLSA). The U.S. labor standard shows the common work hours per week is 40 hours…

Carl Jung’s extensive work in the field of Behavioral Psychology has led to the development of 16 unique personality types. These various personality types can be summed up by a collection of four letters, each representing a separate component of that personality type. The four components are Extraverted vs. Introverted, Sensing vs. Intuitive, Thinking vs. Feeling, and Perceiving vs. Judging. My personality type is ENTJ, or Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging. These four components…

This is a man’s world! Indeed it is a man’s world with the having all the money, power, and respect. Given opportunities to get the best education, jobs, and hold the highest incomes and meeting all the qualifications that set the standards for a high class status. Class and Gender are seen as independent variables, having no connection with each other. Class is known to be an untouched subject in society and in our criminal justice system. Leaving behind the notion that “anyone can make it if…