Category: Labor law

  • Reports

    Reports in the United States Reports and the State Laws Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Reports: Reports in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal Reports in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal Reports in the Subject Index of the Arizona Portal […]

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights in the United States Civil Rights Definition The rights of a citizen; the rights of an individual as a citizen; the rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the […]

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights in the United States Civil Rights Definition The rights of a citizen; the rights of an individual as a citizen; the rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the […]

  • Fair Labor Standards

    Fair Labor Standards in the United States Concept of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in Labor Law In this context, a definition of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is offered here: The 1938 federal Wage-Hour Law which establishes minimum wage, maximum weekly hours and overtime pay requirements […]

  • Compensation

    Compensation in United States Compensation Definition (Lat. compendere, to balance). Indemnification ; recompense. Something to be done for or paid to another of equal value with something of which he has been deprived by the act or negligence of the party so doing or pajring. That which […]

  • Compensation

    Compensation in United States Compensation Definition (Lat. compendere, to balance). Indemnification ; recompense. Something to be done for or paid to another of equal value with something of which he has been deprived by the act or negligence of the party so doing or pajring. That which […]

  • Arbitration

    Arbitration in the United States History The common law and statute law of the United States as to arbitration bear a general resemblance to the law of England. Voluntary submissions All controversies of a civil nature, and any question of personal injury on which a suit for damages will […]

  • Arbitration

    Arbitration in the United States History The common law and statute law of the United States as to arbitration bear a general resemblance to the law of England. Voluntary submissions All controversies of a civil nature, and any question of personal injury on which a suit for damages will […]

  • Employee

    Employee in the United States Employee in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Employee is defined as: Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964, as amended: " . . . an individual employed by an employer except that the term 'employee' shall not include any person elected to public […]

  • Employee

    Employee in the United States Employee in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Employee is defined as: Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964, as amended: " . . . an individual employed by an employer except that the term 'employee' shall not include any person elected to public […]

  • Quotas

    Quotas in the United States Quotas in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Quotas is defined as: In employment law, court ordered or approved hiring and/or promoting of specified numbers or ratios of minorities or women in positions from which a court has found they have been excluded as a result […]

  • Quotas

    Quotas in the United States Quotas in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Quotas is defined as: In employment law, court ordered or approved hiring and/or promoting of specified numbers or ratios of minorities or women in positions from which a court has found they have been excluded as a result […]

  • Handicap

    Handicap in the United States Handicap in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Handicap is defined as: (See Disabled Individual.) Handicap in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Handicap is defined as: (See Disabled Individual.) Discrimination on the Basis of Handicap Under the Fair Housing Act This […]

  • Handicap

    Handicap in the United States Handicap in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Handicap is defined as: (See Disabled Individual.) Handicap in Labor Law According to unr.edu, Handicap is defined as: (See Disabled Individual.) Discrimination on the Basis of Handicap Under the Fair Housing Act This […]

  • Decertification

    Decertification in the United States Concept of Decertification in Labor Law In this context, a definition of Decertification is offered here: Withdrawal by a government agency, such as the National Labor Relations Board, of a union's official recognition as exclusive bargaining […]