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First state child labor law
Massachusetts requires children under 15 working in factories to attend school at least 3 months/year -
Labor movement urges minimum age law
Working Men’s Party proposes banning the employment of children under the age of 14 -
States begin limiting children’s work days
Massachusetts limits children’s work days to 10 hours; other states soon pass similar laws—but most of these laws are not consistently enforced -
Davis-Bacon Act
Congress passed the Davis-Bacon Act, requiring that contracts
for construction entered into by the Federal Government specify the
minimum wages to be paid to persons employed under those contracts. -
Anti-Strikebreaker Law
The Byrnes Act of 1936, named for Sen. James Byrnes (SC-D) and
amended in 1938, made it a felony to transport any person in
interstate commerce who was employed for the purpose of using force of
threats against non-violent picketing in a labor dispute or against
organizing or bargaining efforts. -
New federal law sanctions growers
Sugar Act makes sugar beet growers ineligible for benefit payments if they violate state minimum age and hours of work standards -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Known as the wage-hour law, this 1938 Act established minimum wages
and maximum hours for all workers engaged in covered "interstate
commerce." -
Federal regulation of child labor achieved in Fair Labor Standards Act
For the first time, minimum ages of employment and hours of work for children are regulated by federal law -
coleman V Court of apeals of maryland
the employer vioalted the family medical leave act denying the plaintiff self-care leave, dismisal is affirmed, with four joustices holding the suits against the state under self-care provision barred by sovereign immunity. -
Railway Labor Act
In 1926, the Railway Labor Act (RLA) was passed, requiring
employers to bargain collectively and prohibiting discrimination
against unions. It applied originally to interstate railroads and
their related undertakings. In 1936, it was amended to include
airlines engaged in interstate commerce. -
roverts v Sea-land Services
compensation act for injures sustained in 2002 at an alaska marine terminal while working for the respondent an award of benefits at a fiscal year. an employee is newly awarded compensation under the act when he or she first becomes disable and therby becomes statutorialy entitled to benefits no matter what -
deleware overtime pay
The civil class-action suit, filed in U.S. District Court for Delaware this month by plaintiff Alissa Justison alleges that when she was an assistant manager at McDonalds in Elkton M.D. they improperly denied her overtime pay and did not properly pay her for expenses and extra work hours related to training. -
Kasten V saint-Gobian performance
In a dispute involving the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Act), 29 U.S.C. section 201 et seq., appeals court determination that oral complaints do not fall within the scope of the anti-retaliation provision of the Act is reversed, where an oral complaint of a violation of the Act is protected conduct. -
employment break in china
The Apple Company has several factories located in China and a recent audit is showing major concerns over employment laws that are being broken over in the area. Such laws include having employees work extremely excessive hours, having employees work overtime without being paid, lack of health and safety precautions, amongst many other concerns. -
California Meal Breaks
The California Supreme Court published a decision today that clearly states that employers are required to provide employees "off-duty" meal breaks.