regulations

By teppy1212

  • Interstate Commerce

    Created the Interstate Commerce Commision to oversee railroad freight business. Abolished in 1995.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    banned any agreements and actions "in restraint of trade". Milestone in the fight against trusts and set the tone of antitrust legislation

  • Federal Trade Commision Act

    created the Federal Trade Commision to investigate charges of unfair methods of competition and commerce

  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    further defined the principples in the Sherman Antitrust Act. Prohibited a number of specific unfair business practices, including price setting and price discrimination

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    set minimum wages, benefits, safety and health compliance, work for non-citizens, working conditions, equal opportunity, employment and privacy regulations

  • The Robinson-Patman Act

    reinforced the section of the Clayton Antitrust Act dealing with price discrimination

  • Celler-Kefauver Act

    Amended the Clayton Act to prohibit corporate aquisitions when they substationally decrease competition

  • Immigration and Nationality Act

    ensures that only U.S. Citizens and individuals with work visas can be hired

  • Fair Packaging and Labeling

    All product lables must contain info about the product such as nutrition, sixe and distributioon and manufacturing

  • The Safety and Health Act

    ensures that employers provide safe and sanitary work environment through inspections and grading scale

  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act

    ensures that employees receive retirement plan options and healthcare benefitdto which they are entitiled

  • Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act

    increased penalties for violating antitrust laws

  • Parens Patriae Act

    gives states the right to sue companies on behalf of citizen harmed by company violations