by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Norris-LaGuardia Act?The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 was the earliest federal law broadly protecting the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively. Section 2 states the Acts purpose is to protect the individual workers right to organize....
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the National Labor Relations Act? The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), also known as the Wagner Act, was passed in 1935 to strengthen the protections afforded private-sector employees to organize or bargain collectively. The fundamental premise...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Taft-Hartley Act? The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 is a group of amendments to the NLRA. Since the passage of these amendments, the NLRA is commonly known as the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). Though the name is modified, the provisions of the NLRA...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act? The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act, was passed to provide greater protections to individual union members. What are the Protections of the...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What are the legal obligations regarding the terms of employment between an employer and employee? The terms of an employment relationship will either be determined by the employment agreement between employer and employee or pursuant to the legal duties established...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a law administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. The FLSA places limitations and requirements on the rate and method of pay for public and private employees who...
