Employment Regulation Paper
March 10, 2008
Employment law is defined as the law, common law and stature, relating to the relationship of employer and employee. Labor laws consist of a multitude of Federal and state statutes, regulations as well as case law. Both Federal and State systems are responsible for administering employment law at various levels. Federal employment laws are created in an effort to shift the balance of power from employer driven to a more equitable playing field between employer and employee. State employment laws and regulations are born from existing Federal laws, and often offer up enhancements to such laws.
There are many Federal labor laws in effect, one of the more common ones being the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). EEO laws prohibit specific types of job discrimination in certain workplaces (US department of labor, 2008). This is one law that my employer chooses to ignore. Some may think that it is a coincidence that there are only Caucasian employees and only male installers out in the field, but it is not. The company gets away with this discrimination because no one has pressed the issue. Other Federal labor laws include provisions for disability resources, health plans and benefits, hiring, labor relations, statistics, termination, training, unemployment insurance, wages, leave benefits, work hours, workers’ compensation, retirement plans, benefits and savings, workplace safety and health, and youth labor regulations. One act that still causes controversy is the Equal Pay Act. The equal pay act is a part of the Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1963, to ensure that people of both genders are paid the same wage for similar work. Many places of emplo ...