The Fair labor Standards
Act covers minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, and
includes such amendments as the Davis Bacon Act which requires payment
of prevailing minimum wage rates to workers on public construction
projects. Many states have their own "Davis-Bacon" or prevailing wage
laws. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT BEING PAID THE
LEGAL WAGE, YOU MAY FILE A COMPLAINT TO GET YOUR MONEY.
Contact the United Association Local
in your area or the
Department of Labor in your state.
National Labor
Relations Act protects your right to organize and join
unions and engage in collective bargaining and provides for filing
unfair labor practices against employers and unions if they violate
provisions of the Act. To enforce these rights, Federal law makes
certain employer conduct illegal. Thus, it is an unfair labor practice
for an employer:
- to interfere with, restrain or coerce
employee hiring, firing or conditions of employment because of
union activities or to encourage or discourage membership in a
union;
- to discriminate against an employee
for filing unfair labor practice charges or giving testimony in
an NLRB proceeding; and
- to refuse to bargain collectively
with the union which represents the majority of his employees.
Your employer cannot:
- tell employees that the company
will fire or punish them if they engage in union activity;
- lay off, discharge or discipline
any employee for union activity;
- threaten to go out of business and
reopen under another name in order to avoid dealing with a union;
- choose employees to be laid off
in order to weaken the union's strength or discourage union membership;
- take action that adversely affects
an employee's job or pay rate because of union activity;
- threaten workers or coerce them
in an attempt to influence their vote if an election is planned.
If your legal right to organize or
join a union is being violated, contact the
United Association Local in your area, see Union Directory to the left.
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Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
gives workers the right to a safe and healthy workplace including
the right to make a confidential complaint against their employer
for hazards in the workplace, the right to know about overexposure
to dangerous substances, and others.
Contact OSHA.
Workers Compensation
is a system under which workers are guaranteed weekly cash benefits
and medical coverage when they suffer work-related injuries or diseases.
Each state has its own enforcement agency. Contact the United Association
Local in your area.
The Equal Pay Act
(EEOC)
is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act but is enforced by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. It requires employers to pay
women the same rate as men when they perform "equal" work. Contact
the EEOC.
Civil Rights
Laws of the United States makes several types of workplace
discrimination illegal, including discrimination by sex, race, national
origin, religion, age and disability. Most of these laws are administered
by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. There are also many
state and local laws. Contact the
EEOC.
Family and Medical
Leave Act requires covered employees to provide up to
12 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave to eligible employees for
certain family and medical reasons. Contact the
US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.
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