Minimum Wage
To receive time in a half for any overtime they preform.
What is the Youth Employment Law?
No employer shall be permitted to work a minor more than forty hours in a week or more than eight hours in any twenty-four-hour period.
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What is a Whistleblower?
Anyone who has and reports insider knowledge of illegal activities occurring in an organization.
How does the government ensure that its employees are protected in the workplace? (Topics we talked about today)
Minimum Wage
Workplace Safety
Health Coverage
Social Security
Unemployment Benefits
Whistleblower Protections
Family Leave
Employment-Based Discrimination
What is FLSA?
The Fair Labor Standards Acts
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?
Labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety.
What did the Affordable Health Care Act promise to workers?
Promised to make health insurance a right for workers at most medium and large-size businesses
Protecting employees from retaliation for reporting violations of various workplace safety and health, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, securities, tax, antitrust, and anti-money laundering laws and for engaging in other related protected activities.
What Do the Employees expect from our Government? (Name all 5)
Good Pay, Safe Workplace, Effective Communication, Rules and Regulations, and Equal Treatment (Fairness)