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HR Labor Laws

By pranavamoody

  • Wagner Act

    Also known as the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. This law applies to all industries, including hospitality. It defines unfair labor practices and protects the laborer's right to strike and collectively bargain.

  • Apprenticeship Act

    Allows the Labor Department to oversea on the job training. The labor department is put in charge of creating regulation protecting the health, safety and wellfare of the employees.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Prescribes the standards for the basic minimug wage and overtime pay, affects most private and public employment.

  • Taft Hartley Act

    Aimed at containing labor expansion. It outlaws solidarity strikes, purges radicals, and allows states to pass "right-to-work" laws.

  • Equal Pay Actr

    Mem and women working for the same organization must be paid the same rate of pay for substantially equal work.

  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

    Prohibits unfair employment discrimitaion based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin.

  • Executive Order 11246

    All employers over a certain contract ammount and employee number need to engage in affirmative action.l

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Age Discrimination Act

    Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of age against people 40 years of age or older.

  • Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

  • Pregnancy Discrimination Act

    stipulates that pregnancy must be treated the same as any other medical condition in the workplace.

  • American with Disabilities Act of 1990

    Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

  • Civil Right Act

    Increases the employer's burden of proof in disparate impact cases.

  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

    Employers must give at least 60 days notice to employees before plant closings, mass layoffs, or sale of business.

  • Family and Medical Leave Act

    Allows eligible employee up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for personal or family medical care.

  • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Right Act

    Protects service members' reemployment rights when returning from a period of service in the uniformed services.

  • Employy Polygeraph Protection Act

    Emplyers generally may not require or request any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, or may not discriminate against someone exercizing their right to not take the test.