Essays on Labor Law

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A minority group is a term used to refer to a class of individuals who are distinguished from the social majority; that is, those people who hold the majority of the social power positions in a particular society. In this regard, a group is termed to be a minority due to the fact that it consists of individuals who lack privilege, power, and prestige in political, economic, or social domains, which the majority group enjoys. Kuwait has made a reaffirmation of its dedication to implementing the “United Nations Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action” in achieving gender equality, offering ...

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Germany is a leading and developed country of the Europe and has a remarkable influence on the economic structure and policies in the Europe. The country has an area of 357021 square kilometers and a population of 81.4 million people. The economic structure of Germany is social market structure. The country is rich in highly technical and skilled workforce, low levels of corruption and high capital stock. The major reliance is on the exports, and the country is the third largest exporter in the world. The economy of Germany is largest in the Europe, and the makes a fifth ...

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It is well documented that there is an entire underground economy in the United States, and much of it is at the behest of the millions of undocumented workers that live within its borders. While there are numerous factors contributed to this reality, many illegal immigrants work in jobs that pay them off the books. This results in no taxes being paid by either the employer of the immigrant, and it also results in a lack of legal protections and benefits for the workers. Many of the undocumented workers living in America come to work on farms and in ...

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) entails the practices that are undertaken by the organization as a way of giving back to the society b solving the social or environmental issue. For instance, the business may fund projects in the community such as schools programs and clean water projects. Additionally, the corporations may undertake climate change activities such as planting trees and reducing emissions as well as funding for research for common good such as Ebola and cancer programs. Implied, the corporations bet on these projects to create customer awareness and as a way to win their loyalty in the long-term. ...

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A labor relationship between parties is regulated by the contract. Any disputes regarding the terms of the contract may be settled in the Court. The Courts established common law rules determining the rights and duties of the employer and employee. Nevertheless, the employment conditions were often unsafe and harmful, hours of work long and wages low. The government started passing laws to combat exploitation of employees by employers. In 1900s government started establishing minimum employment standards, which became the basis for modern labor standards legislation. While the government was taking legislative actions, employees started forming trade associations to increase ...

The New York State introduced a provision in the budgetary legislation (New York Labor Law) that in essence sought to increase the minimum wage just above the current federal minimum wage. The beauty of the provision is that the trajectory set seeks to increase the wages over the next three years and would stop at $9.00 per hour. Currently, the approach according to the legislation is that commencing December 31st 2013, the minimum wage shall be $8.00 per hour. After one year, as from December 31st 2014, the minimum would increase to $ 8.75 per hour and then lastly as from ...

That fact that the American labor movement has been on a sharp decline is not in question. Statistics released by the US Bureau of Statistics in the year 2013 on the summary of the unionization in the United States, the union membership stood at a paltry 11.3 percent in the year 2012. This was a level lower than in the year 2011 when the union membership was at 11.8 percent. The plummeting of union membership and the labor movement in general in the United States has been phenomenal in the last fifty years when it was at the peak with over 30 ...

The objective of this compensation plan consists of an outline of the compensation package for the professor and the HRIS specialist of XUZ University. The compensation plan is developed in a way that will be appropriate for both posts and it will be also according to the efficiency and qualification of the professor and HRIS specialist. The compensation plan will focus that teacher will be paid according to their performance and their performance will be evaluate after getting assessment by the principal, vice-principal, and their children while HRIS specialist will be paid according to its skills, expertise, degree, and experience. ...

Potential Legal Issues: A Case Study

There may be times when a company experiences a financial crisis and considers the need to downsize the employee base. However, there are a number of issues for management to consider in the selection and manner in which terminations are performed. In order to avoid litigation based on discrimination wrongful termination, and violations against laws within the Department of Labor, a company follows strict procedures. Attention to incentives for early retirement, severance packages, signing of waivers, and documentation that will hold up in court should a lawsuit arise can save a company significant time and money. Following are examples of potential violations in the ...

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Mongolia is a landlocked nation in east-focal Asia. It is flanked by Russia to the north and China to the west, south, and east. Ulaanbaatar, the capital furthermore the biggest city, is home to around 45% of the populace. Mongolia's political framework is a parliamentary republic. The region of what is currently Mongolia has been administered by different itinerant domains, including the Rouran, the Xiongnu, the Turkic Khaganate, and the Xianbei. In 1206, Genghis Khan established the Mongol Empire, and his grandson Kublai Khan prevailed over China to create the Yuan Dynasty. After the breakdown of the Yuan, the Mongols withdrew ...

Collective bargaining represents a form of organization, composed of several workers, acting in the name of all the workers of an organization, having the responsibility of negotiating the terms and conditions of employees’ work, which result in a signed agreement attesting the organization’s recognition of the worker’s activities, rights and responsibilities or other negotiated benefits (International Association of Fire Fighters, 1998). Among the activities involved in the collective bargaining and related with the labor law there is also the contract negotiation. Negotiating the labor contract implies designating a negotiating committee that, based on the general decision of all the ...

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The National Labor Relations Act/the Wagner Act has essentially been defined as perhaps the most fundamental piece of legislation that the United States Congress has ever enacted. The Act is named after Robert F. Wagner, a New York Democratic Senator. Wagner Act is a 1935 federal law, which provided for the collective bargaining and recognized the workers’ rights to choose their representatives to present them in the bargaining unit. The Act promised to prevent the recurring depressions, uphold a full flow of the purchasing power, and guarantee a wise wealth distribution between labor and management. In the mid of 1930s, the United States ...

The Right to Work Sates

Introduction The concept of the Right to work States A trade union is the amalgamation of workers that are joined together by the pursuit of increased pay, tolerable working conditions and protecting the integrity of the trade. Trade unions originated from Europe during the industrial revolution in order to provide bargaining power to workers who lacked the skills and expertise. Workers complained of mistreatment from the employers. A scrutiny of the history of trade unionism reveals that the employees raised legitimate claims on the relationship with their employers. Employers had an unfair advantage over their employers in ...

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Labor relations law is State and Federal laws that are applied in representing employees. The law represents employees in matters pertaining collective bargaining and also employer-union practices. The labor relations laws, the National Labour Relations Act in combination with the federal and state labor laws are responsible for making the legal counsel necessary. The structure of the workplace, the responsibility of both employees and employer and conflict resolution at workplace is outlined in the labor and employment laws. At times, labor laws are contained in the federal regulations where provide the necessary direction to employers and employees on ...

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A woman in Palestine has a major role in her society, which is being part of the formation of the family. The formation of the family has different units, nuclear, transitional, or hamula or the extended family. Hamula or the extended family is the most common family formation in the Palestinian community. The tradition and teachings of the Quran have significant influences for the rights of women in Palestine. Hanan Riyan Bakri, a counselor of Women’s Social and Legal Center based in East Jerusalem traveled throughout the Occupied Territories to lecture Palestinian women about their rights . Generally, parents who are ...

In the age of globalization, it is impossible or extremely difficult for a country to stay economically close and meet people’s needs properly. As a result, many countries all over the world become members of international organizations or trades unions. As a part of the Federal Republic, the resource-rich one, we need to understand that in order to prosper both in economic and social spheres we also have to make this step. You, my dear citizens, have to understand it, and that is the purpose of my article. The European Union (EU) is what we need now, as they eagerly ...

- Introduction Employment laws meant to cushion the employees against any form of oppression they may face at their workplaces (Cabrelli 2010). In UK, these employment laws differed in that workers and employees enjoyed different protection, the employees enjoys greater rights than workers. Despite the difference, every person working for an employer is entitled to national minimum wage, protection from discrimination and right not to work for more than 48 hours per week. The employment laws apply universally whether the employees and workers are permanent or working on a temporary basis (Langley 2011). Employment regulations reviewed each year particularly ...

Labor laws are put into place to protect the different stakeholders in the labor market. With the increasing demand for labor, there is the need to have a clear guideline as given by law on how people within the labor market should be treated. Labor laws provide a guideline that is followed by both the employees and employers. An economy cannot thrive if the labor force is not a productive one; however, the labor force has to work in a conducive environment where the rights of each person are respected. The law in New Jersey recognizes a child to be anybody below the ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW: U.S. VS EU Employment laws hold greater significance because they tend to elaborate the rights of both the employees and the employers. They actually provide a structure to the workplace as they clearly define the responsibilities and duties of the employees as well as the employers. In addition, these laws also hold significance because they ensure the provision of focus of the business on productivity rather than wasting their resources on solving conflicts and problems. During 2012, around 19 major strikes took place in the United States where each involved an average of 1000 workers; the result ...

Collective Bargaining Rights and how they Impact Employment Law in the U.S. (Name of your Course) (Name of your Tutor) (Date of Submission

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In the United States, collective bargaining rights have provided a stable voice to the millions of employees against their employers who represent the industrial organizations and companies. Collective bargaining plays a strong role in defining the terms of employment in the U.S. and thus, it has had significant impact on the various employment laws that have emerged in the nation. They dictate the overall cost of employing and firing new members of staff in the company ...

Comparison of Law of Search (USA vs. UAE)

Comparison of USA and UAE Laws Law is very important especially in our modern times in which it is being regarded as the supreme basis of government. Law provides the system, which regulates individual and social behaviors. Two strong nations, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, have their own laws to sustain their own government in terms of providing rules and regulations in achieving system over the government.

Constitutional, Administrative and Executive Laws

United States as well as the United Arab Emirates has sources of their own laws. One source is their constitution. In the United States, the constitutional law constitutes distinctive ...

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Several nations have moved towards ensuring that the locals and immigrants consume their locally produced goods and services. However, there are challenges in the production of goods and services that always drives nations into outsourcing specific commodities that they cannot produce locally. This could be because these nations lack the raw materials for producing these goods and services such as technology, personnel or other factors, which are unique to every nation. However, some nations export their technologies to other countries without much ado, but they put many bureaucratic procedures aimed at discouraging foreign investors from venturing into the local ...

Impact of Effective Staffing on Organizational Performance

in Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi University

Summer-B- 2012-2013

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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study With the passage of time, UAE has become the most peaceful and economically stabled region across the world. For an organization located in UAE, the achievement of goals and objectives relies highly on the ability of the company to recruit and select the most appropriate applicant from the talent pool available. But staffing has become a prominent challenge in today’s market in UAE (Heyer, 2007). Corniche is one of the leading hospitals in UAE providing its patients with maternity and neonatal facilities (Corniche ...

ABSTRACT

The report is about the problems faced by the labor of Wen Wai factory in Shenzen, Guangdong, China. Wen Wai factory is an outsourced partner of renowned toy makers AmeriTrade Toys of US.. Three problems as identified in San Francisco Daily News and article in December, 2003 the research explored issues including the duty time obligation, low wage rate issue and unhealthy food served in the factor. After analyzing the problem the recommendations are made in the final section of the report to solve the issues faced by the labor of the factory. The focus of the recommendations is ...

Section 51c #1 – Summarizing without Plagiarizing

Findings of the Fair Labor Association regarding the unfair labor practices implemented by Foxconn have urged the Apple supplier to make modifications in their employees’ work conditions. The organization found that Foxconn has been violating Chinese labor laws and has been making their employees work unusually long hours and sometimes without days off. As a result, Foxconn has vowed to shorten their employees’ work shifts and increase their salaries.

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Section 51c #2 – Paraphrasing without Plagiarizing

Chinese employee Wu Jun met the news of Foxconn reducing employee work hours with a negative reaction. Having moved from the rural areas, Wu Jun is ...

Employment and Society

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Employers and employees have different expectations of each other both in terms of work and in terms of particular jobs and people. These expectations differ depending on the business segments and communities. In terms of work, employees expect employers to give them challenging work that can make a difference in the way they do it. Employees prefer challenges rather than being pushed around like wheels to work (Neal & Sarah 2005). In addition, employees also expect personal growth as they develop their skills at the workplace. Employees can achieve this growth if the company invests in them and their development ...

Law of Torts in Business

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In the laws of a country, the law of tort is concerned with how someone treats their neighbour. A person should not injure a person neither should he trespass into a neighbour’s property. Such acts are considered to be criminal in nature and the individual will be liable in a court of law. The law of torts covers a range of actions such as negligence, intentional injury and defamation that ruins an individual’s reputation. The law of torts is best illustrated by the case of Donogue vs. Stevenson. The plaintiff was with a friend in a cafeteria taking ginger beer. When she took ...