In: Economics
The act's three provisions include protecting the rights of
employees to self-organization and equality, eliminating
non-violent labor dispute authority from federal courts, and
outlawing the "yellow dog" agreement that prevented a worker from
entering a labor union as an employment term.
The Supreme Court held that the act forbids employers from barring
the peaceful distribution by those engaged in an active labor
conflict of information relating to terms and conditions of jobs,
even if such dissemination occurs on employer property.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is a U.S. federal law of 1935 that limits the means by which employers can react to private-sector workers who create unions, engage in collective bargaining, and participate in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law.
The NLRA's key principles include: promoting collective
bargaining practice and procedure by protecting workers ' exercise
of full freedom of association, self-organization, and appointing
representatives of their own choice.
Protecting a wide range of activities to promote organization and
collective bargaining, whether a union is involved or not.
Protecting employees as a class and not explicitly on the basis of
an employer relationship.
There are several FLSA provisions that prevent an employer from compliance with the statutory minimum wage, overtime and standards for record keeping. The biggest exceptions are limited to the so-called "white collar" exemptions for academic, managerial and executive employees. Exemptions are narrowly interpreted; an employer must demonstrate that the employees fit within the terms of the exemption "clearly and unmistakably."