Then came the uninsured in need of emergency care (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act).
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Clinton, who has seen labor troubles disrupt the beginning of his Martha's Vineyard vacation, invoked the Railway Labor Act to establish a three-member committee to examine the dispute and make recommendations to Amtrak and its union workers.
Class actions involving credit reporting laws, debt collection and federal laws like the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act also can probably proceed, although the rules in this area get a little trickier.
Under the National Labor Relations Act employers cannot encourage or discourage membership with labor unions.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has a provision that may be the best kept secret in labor law.
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Facing a strike that could choke the economy, President Harry Truman intervened through the War Labor Disputes Act.
Treat public employees the way the National Labor Relations Act treats private employees.
An important impediment to this happening is section 8(a)(2) National Labor Relations Act.
And Section 7 is pretty much the heart of the labor relations act.
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When crafting an internship program, make sure it complies with the U.S. Labor Department's Fair Labor Standards Act, says Joseph H.
This is surely not an outcome sought by those who advocate revising the rules of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
In the U.S., President Franklin Roosevelt spearheaded the federal charge for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was passed in 1938.
Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Act protects workers at most private-sector employers who discuss employment terms and conditions with co-workers, among other actions.
The plaintiff sued over violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, planning to lead a class of fellow employees who say they were denied adequate break time.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938 to protect the rights of workers, has recently become a bonanza for private attorneys and a potential disaster for employers.
Employers who try to discipline staff for comments on Facebook can run into Federal laws, especially if the employees are union members and come under the National Labor Relations Act.
The decision comes nearly two years after Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers filed charges against Costco for perceived violations of the National Labor Relations Act.
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The law, which amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, requires an employer to provide a reasonable break time for a woman to express breast milk for her nursing child.
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"Our lawyers concluded that in the absence of a statement to the contrary from Congress, the Fair Labor Standards Act would apply, " domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed told The Associated Press.
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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), prevailing employees can recover double damages for up to three years of lost overtime or other pay, as well as their costs and legal fees.
Under heavy pressure from unions to rule as it did, the administration made its decision following a Labor Department assessment that public sector work, from cleaning streets to processing government forms, qualified as work under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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On February 8, 2012, the NLRB met to affirm the ruling of an NLRB Administrative Law Judge that a company by the name of Noel Canning, a bottler and distributor of Pepsi Cola products, had violated the National Labor Relations Act.
The change to Section 203 of the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act was first proposed in the waning days of the Clinton administration and then shelved by the incoming Bush administration.
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Only one company asked the U.S. government to suspend the Jones Act, though a U.S. maritime-labor group gave its blessing to the decision (the Jones Act was created, in part, to protect maritime jobs).
From child labor laws to the Clean Air Act to our most recent strictures against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies, we have, from time to time, embraced common sense rules of the road that strengthen our country without unduly interfering with the pursuit of progress and the growth of our economy.
While the Department of Labor guidance was consistent with existing precedent, it seems to be inconsistent with The WARN Act Guide for Employers, issued by the Department of Labor.
This would be the biggest pro-union shift in the balance of labor-management power since the Wagner Act of 1935.
Second, the bracero program, a temporary annual guest worker permit for low skilled Mexican farm workers, was discontinued on the eve of the Immigration Act of 1965 due to labor union pressure.
In 1935, Congress passed the Wagner Act, which created the National Labor Relations Board and legitimated unions.
Many businesses in Senegal get around the absurd labor laws by means of contracting through companies that act something like temp agencies.
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