Essays Tagged: "Labor Department"

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

of the National Safety Council in 1915 (MacLaury 1981). In 1913, Congress created the Department of Labor and its primary purposes were to improve working conditions in the nation and make unhealthy o ... ove working conditions in the nation and make unhealthy occupations healthy. Congress called on the Labor Department to report on industrial diseases and accidents (MacLaury 1981).The threat to employ ...

(4 pages) 304 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

A look at the Fair Labor Standards Act

of manpower, government must have some control over maximum hours, minimum wages, the evil of child labor, and the exploitation of unorganized labor." In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was p ... labor." In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed with immense pressure from organized labor as a primary means to conserve that "primary resource of manpower", but instead drove out hund ...

(5 pages) 150 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare Law Paper

ldren, who did find employment, were forced to work many hours for barely a livable wage. "The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) was enacted to establish standards for minimum wages, overtime pa ... s enacted to establish standards for minimum wages, overtime pay, employer recordkeeping, and child labor" (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2007).In those times, the FLSA established a twenty-five ce ...

(4 pages) 300 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Cathay Pacific Airlines

decline of 12.9% in revenue. Additionally, Cathay Pacific also faced a series of problems with its labor department due to disagreements over negotiations and the handling of in-flight operationsA ... t the same time however, Cathay Pacific also saw its costs increase in terms of in-flight services, labor and landing expenses. Additionally, the general rise in fuel resulted in a cost increase of 25 ...

(18 pages) 83 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Employee Safety

of the National Safety Council in 1915 (www.osha.gov). In 1913, Congress created the Department of Labor and its primary purposes were to improve working conditions in the nation and make unhealthy o ... ove working conditions in the nation and make unhealthy occupations healthy. Congress called on the Labor Department to report on industrial diseases and accidents (www.osha.gov).The threat to employe ...

(4 pages) 67 0 3.7 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Can The Minimum Wage Force The Hand Of Small Businesses

now that keeping workers is easier and cheaper than finding and training new ones. According to the Labor Department, roughly 2 million workers nationwide are paid the federal minimum wage or less, ma ... nable to absorb such costs, pass them on to consumers in the form of higher prices. Any increase in labor costs can produce so-called cost-push inflation. Regardless of the intentions of its supporter ...

(9 pages) 23 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Recognizing and Avoiding Unfair Labor Practice

Unit VII: Case Study 6RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICESLE HANG LUU- ID 224703COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYINTRODUCTIONThis case shows the rea ... LUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYINTRODUCTIONThis case shows the readers about the ramifications of unfair labor practices within the workplace, as well as provides information to management about these unfa ... to management about these unfair labor practices. It also shows different scenarios in which unfair labor practices might be at play. This case also points out some detail information on what managers ...

(4 pages) 5 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies