Human Resources- Exam 4 Occupational Safety and Health ACT of 1970 “FATAL FORM” Falls- 37% Struck by Object- 10% Electrocutions- 9% Caught-in-between- 3% Categories of Violations 1.Other Than Serious- up to $7,000 for each violation 2.Serious- up to $7,000 for each violation 3.Willful- up to $70,000 for each violation minimum penalty of $5000 for each violation 4.Repeated- $70,000 per occurrence OSHA Prosecutions -Past 20 years- OSHA has failed to seek criminal prosecutions against
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negotiations open to the public. National Labor Relations Act/date (Wagner Act) Also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, this act gave employees the right to form and join unions and to engage in collective bargaining. Ex. Wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Consists of 5 members appointed by the president; Established to administer and interpret the Wagner Act, the NLRB has primary responsibility for conducting union representation
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Issues HCS 341 April 4, 2011 Abstract Legal, Safety, and regulatory issues all have a large impact on the human resources process as they relate to the statement “Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation.” In today’s society litigations seem to be an increasing greatly, and administrators do their best to create human resources processes that avoid any possible litigations on them and or their organization. I completely
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LABOR RELATIONS MG420 Kevin Erne Instructor: Stephen Fant Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Labor Relations Park University November, 2012 1. Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement. The Cornell University
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Pendleton Act 1883: A United States federal law that required government jobs to be awarded based on merit. This act selected government employees by competitive exams. It also made it illegal to solicit campaign donations on Federal government property and use political reasons to fire or demote government employees. 2. Davis-Bacon Act 1931: A United States federal law that required public works projects for laborers and mechanics to be paid the local prevailing wages. This act applies to
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Unions, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employee Privacy Federal Law – General Privacy Laws * Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 – 18 U.S. Code 2721. This law limits disclosures of personal information maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles. * Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 – 18 U.S. Code sections 2510-2522, 2701-2711, 3121, 1367. This law amends the federal
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53-54). Paralleling the union development was a series of national labor legislation: Railway Labor Act (1926), Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932) legitimizing collective bargaining, National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), ruled unconstitutional in 1935, National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act, 1935) establishing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Taft-Hartley Act (1947), and Landrum-Griffin Act (1959) (Fossum, 2012, pp. 63-75). This paper will examine this evolution of the legal status of American
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enveloping more and more daily. As we look among the indifference of laws and the comparisons within federal, state and local, we will see that the protection is continual and advancing. History of Labor Laws The National Labor Relations Act was developed in Congress in July 5, 1935 and since then has
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The University of Dissension: 1 The University of Dissension Zaw K Oo Columbia College The University of Dissension: 2 Obstruct Labor unions can help their members by negotiating collectively for wages and benefits that are often better than individuals could negotiate on their own. A worker would have little chance of success in going to an employer as asking for a pay raise simply because he couldn’t make ends meet. He would
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Brett Kim Paper 1 Professor Jack McGrory PA 530 5/23/2015 The Need to Strike Introduction The pubic sector in this country is currently under attack. Wages are stagnating, and benefit plans are getting slashed. It used to be a wide known fact that public sectors employees earn less than private sector employees, but in the public sector you earn better benefits and have better job security. This is no longer the case as Republican led legislators are fighting to cut public sector benefits
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