Labor law deals with the regulations in the work place and the pros and cons of unions in the workplace. Labor laws were put in place to protect the employees and to set the rules and regulations in the workplace between employers and employees. The Family Leave Act of 1993 (FLMA) was enacted by the Federal Government and put in place to guarantee employees up to 12 unpaid weeks of leave for medical and family emergencies. For example if an employee gets sick and needs to take some time off of work or time off to care for a sick relative. This law was put in place to protect you as an employee from unethical practices and preventable harm. Because in some situations depending on the company you work for, they may try to terminate you.
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The Workers Compensation Law protects employees who are injured on the job to make sure that they are provided with the health care and monetary compensation to eliminate the need for litigation. For example in 2009 my daughter injured her right hand while working at the United Parcel Services. This law kicked in and paid her medical bills that she incurred and compensated her with a portion of her salary while she was off work. When she returned to work they assigned her to light duty until she finished her therapy and was fully recovered from her work related …show more content…
This started a move against collective bargaining in the United States as a result restriction of court reponses to union activity and the rights of employees to form labor organizations and to be protected against unfair labor practices at the hands of employees. Employees held all the power until 1932 when the Norris-LaGuardia Act and the Wagner Act of 1935 was enacted in the United States. The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 was established to recognize that a job to a worker is more important than a worker is to a corporation and the only power employees had been in numbers. Employers wasn’t concerned if an employee walked out or quit. They only paid attention if more than one employee walked out or if they went on strike. The Labor Relation Act of 1935 better known as the Wagner Act which gave the employees right for employees to form a union, to bargain collectively and to strike. Striking at one time or another became illegal and criminal for employees to join together to collectively bargain with
The Workers Compensation Law protects employees who are injured on the job to make sure that they are provided with the health care and monetary compensation to eliminate the need for litigation. For example in 2009 my daughter injured her right hand while working at the United Parcel Services. This law kicked in and paid her medical bills that she incurred and compensated her with a portion of her salary while she was off work. When she returned to work they assigned her to light duty until she finished her therapy and was fully recovered from her work related …show more content…
This started a move against collective bargaining in the United States as a result restriction of court reponses to union activity and the rights of employees to form labor organizations and to be protected against unfair labor practices at the hands of employees. Employees held all the power until 1932 when the Norris-LaGuardia Act and the Wagner Act of 1935 was enacted in the United States. The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 was established to recognize that a job to a worker is more important than a worker is to a corporation and the only power employees had been in numbers. Employers wasn’t concerned if an employee walked out or quit. They only paid attention if more than one employee walked out or if they went on strike. The Labor Relation Act of 1935 better known as the Wagner Act which gave the employees right for employees to form a union, to bargain collectively and to strike. Striking at one time or another became illegal and criminal for employees to join together to collectively bargain with