fix the salaries and benefit plan of employees depends on the outline that is provided by some federal and state laws. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is directly linked with The Fair Labor Standards Act and it forbids dissimilarity between salaries of male and female employees employed at an identical position (U.S. Equal Employment). Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is another law which controls issues like pension benefits, retirement plans, disability, and health insurance schemes
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that grade, irrespective of whether they are union members or not. In law, the terms of the collective agreement that are relevant to an individual employee will then be incorporated into that person’s contract of employment. Consequently, their pay, working time, holidays etc will derive from the collective agreement.[2] 2) Custom and practice In any organisation there are often ways of working, which are not written down and have evolved over a period of time. For example, it may have
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1-Task 2 Situation A Employee A has taken a leave for 11 weeks and is now returning. Under The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), our employee is eligible to return to his position, schedule and pay grade. According to your memo, he is asking for compensation for his time while on leave to be with his spouse who delivered twins. Employee A’s leave was unpaid. Under the Act, all eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. This is including but not limited to, the bonding time
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| | |Said to be the single most important |Griggs vs, Duke Power Company |Is was designed to eliminate the |Typically applied in the hiring | |Civil Rights Act of 1964 |piece of legislation that has had the | |discrimination of potential employment|process or the selection of potential | | |greatest affect on reducing employment|
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How gender is related to disadvantage in the UK Introduction Gender is the socially ascribed and constituted version of what is thought of as ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, and the relations between (Olsen et al, 1990). From time in memorial gender inequality has been a prevalence social hitch and has largely been practiced towards women around the world effecting different aspects of their life. The aim of this essay is to discuss how gender inequalities have evolved in recent decades in the UK
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| | |Title VII prohibits discrimination in |General Electric Co. v. Gilbert (1976)|To eliminate employment discrimination|This law was originally meant for | |Civil Rights Act of 1964 |hiring, compensation, terms, | |based on race, color, sex, national |employers with 25 or more employees | | |conditions, or privileges of
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Situation A: Briefly, the company did not violate federal employment law regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Mr. John Goodworker requested and was properly granted leave to care for his wife who had just given birth prematurely to twins. Mr. Goodworker had been with the company for more than one year and so was eligible for FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) coverage. He experienced two qualifying events: the birth of a child and the care for a spouse who has a serious health
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much a win-win situation. In this paper you will read about two labor legislations that spark interest and what employees find very helpful if ever needed. Occupational Safety and Health Act The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) didn’t become a primary federal law until the 1970’s. This particular law focused on the overall safety and health of a workplace, it was enforced by congress and signed by then president Richard Nixon in December of 1970’s
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discrimination. Equal pay/compensation, retaliation, and sex in many instances fall together when an individual files a discrimination case. It is important for the individual to identifying the laws and the verbiage of the law before filing a discrimination case. Equal pay/compensation states that women and men alike are to be paid equally. Pay and compensation is not based on “job titles”, but, on the equivalence of the jobs; “jobs need not be identical” (eeoc.gov, para. 1). The law that puts equal pay/compensation
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of Labor include, but are not limited to; wages and hours, workplace safety, and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ("U.s. Department Of Labor", n.d.). Employers are required to pay minimum wage to non-exempt employees for regular hours worked and time and a half pay when overtime hours are worked. The standards for wage and overtime pay are set forth by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), while the Wage and Hour Division enforces these standards. Additionally, businesses that employ minors
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