LABOR LAWS

Click to edit Master subtitle style

PRESENTED BY: AKARSHAN BHATTACHARYYA ANURADHA HARDIKAR ASHISH JADHAV MOKSHADA MEHTA NILESH KAWCHALE KIRTI JAISWAL KAUSHIK MAITRA VIKRAM JAISWAL

6/4/12

LABOR LAWS ?

Addresses the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. Two types of Labor Laws: -Collective Labor Laws -Individual Labor Laws

6/4/12

Collective Labor Laws

Trade unions Strikes -Sympathy strike -General strike -Boycott

Pickets Workplace involvement Co-determination

6/4/12

Individual Labor Laws

Contract of employment Minimum wage Working time Health and safety Anti-discrimination

6/4/12

The right of workers to form, join, and assist labor unions is a statutorily protected right in the United States.

6/4/12

Collective Bargaining

The act of negotiating contract terms between an employer and the members of a union. Collective Bargaining Agreement the resulting contract from a collective bargaining procedure. The employer and the union must bargain with each other in good faith.

6/4/12

Subject to Collective Bargaining

Compulsory Subjects
Wages Hours Other terms and conditions of

employment

Illegal Subjects
Closed shops Discrimination

6/4/12

Check-Off Provision

Upon proper notification by the union, union shop and agency shop employers are required to:
1. Deduct union dues and agency fees

from employees wages, and

2. Forward these dues to the union.

This is called a check-off provision.

6/4/12

Strikes

The union call a strike if a collective bargaining agreement cannot be reached. A majority vote of the unions members must agree to the action before there can be a strike.

6/4/12

Crossover Worker

Individual members of a union do not have to honor the strike. They may:
1. Choose not to strike, or 2. Return to work after joining the strikers

for a time

6/4/12

Replacement Workers

Workers who are hired to take the place of striking workers. They can be hired on either a temporary or permanent basis. If replacement workers are given permanent status, they do not have to be dismissed when the strike is over.

6/4/12

Illegal Strikes

Several types of strikes have been held to be illegal. They are not protected by federal labor law.

Illegal strikers may be discharged by the employer with no rights to reinstatement. 6/4/12

Employer Lockout
Act of the employer to prevent employees from entering the work premises when the employer reasonably anticipates a strike.

6/4/12

Illegal Strikes are:

Violent Strikes Violent Strikes Sit-Down Strikes Sit-Down Strikes Partial or Intermittent Strikes

Wildcat Strikes Strikes during the 60-day Cooling-Off Period Strikes in Violation of a No-Strike Clause

Partial or Intermittent Strikes

6/4/12

LABOR LAWS and HR:

At the MACRO LEVEL:

- dealing with labor unions, union organizing and employee associations

At the MICRO LEVEL:

- refers to practices and rules for dealing with individual employee issues relative to unions and associations

6/4/12

LABOR LAWS RELATED TO HR:

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT,1923

An Act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident.

THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961

An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after childbirth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits.
6/4/12

CONTINUED.

THE EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976

An Act to provide for the payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers and for the prevention of discrimination, on the ground of sex, against women in the matter of employment and for matters connected therewith or incidental.
THE

MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948

An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of 6/4/12 wages in certain employments. WHEREAS it is

CONTINUED.

THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936

An Act to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of 2*[employed persons]

6/4/12

THANK YOU

6/4/12