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  • Essay / Labor Laws and Regulations - 1293

    IntroductionUS labor laws are designed to promote human dignity and, in doing so, provide employees with a variety of tangible benefits. Employees are therefore expected to be on the front line to support and respect them. Likewise, if an organization implements these laws effectively, it can massively benefit from dynamic, healthy, motivated and productive employees. It therefore goes without saying that managers, just like employees, must promote these laws and thus ensure that the organization complies with them. Generally, these laws govern the actions of employers and employees in the workplace. This ensures that a fruitful and legally supportive environment and relationship exists between these two parties and within the employees themselves. Violating them can not only jeopardize the effectiveness of the organization or jeopardize the employment of employees, but it can also result in serious legal repercussions (Yamada, 2008). It is of paramount importance to re-emphasize specific employment-related laws given that Pomodoro Ltd has recently taken over Thompson. snack. Such restructuring could directly affect the employment positions of various employees. As such, keen interest should be given to laws relating to wages and salaries and unemployment compensation. Additionally, the organization is comprised of international and local employees. It is therefore natural that the workforce is widely diversified. Ensuring compliance with laws encouraging diversity and therefore eliminating any risk of discrimination and harassment should be a priority. Fair Labor Wage and Wage Standards Acts (FLSAs) are among the regulations that protect employees' compensation rights. This regulation covers non-expert employees by...... middle of paper ......1994). Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: effect on notice provisions. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 47 (4), 650-662. Guerin, L. and DelPo, A. (2007). Create Your Own Employee Handbook: Legal Practical Guide (3rd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Nolo.HG Legal Directories.org. (2012). Employment Discrimination Act. Retrieved from http://www.hg.org/employment-discrimination-law.html.Mashaw, J.L. (1996). Unemployment Compensation: Continuity, Change, and Prospects for Reform, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reforms, 29, 1-24.Ross, SC (2011). How on earth do you “file” an oral complaint? : An analysis of the limitations of § 215(A)(3) of the Fail Labor Standard Act. St John Law Review, 84, 1543-1567.Yamada, DC (2008). Human dignity and American labor law. University of Richmond Law Review, 43, 523-569.