Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in Which Wage and Hour Division Did Not Pursue Labor Violations

Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in Which Wage and Hour Division Did Not Pursue Labor Violations
Author: Gregory D. Kutz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1437908233

Over 100 million workers are protected through the Dept. of Labor¿s enforcement of labor laws. The Wage and Hour Div. (WHD) enforces provisions that ensure workers are paid at least the fed. minimum wage and for overtime. According to the Dept. of Labor, investigations range from comprehensive investigations to conciliations, which consist primarily of phone calls to a complainant¿s employer. This testimony highlights findings from an ongoing investigation of WHD¿s process for investigating and resolving wage and hour complaints. This testimony will report on cases that have been identified that shows inadequate WHD investigations of complaints. Illustrations.

Department of Labor

Department of Labor
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-05-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719328593

Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in Which Wage and Hour Division Did Not Adequately Pursue Labor Violations

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division¿s Complaint Intake and Investigative Process Leave Low Wage Workers Vulnerable to Wage Theft

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division¿s Complaint Intake and Investigative Process Leave Low Wage Workers Vulnerable to Wage Theft
Author: Gregory D. Kutz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1437915736

The mission of the Dept. of Labor's Wage and Hour Div. (WHD) includes enforcing provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which ensures that millions of workers are paid the fed. minimum wage and overtime. Investigations range from comprehensive investigations to conciliations, which consist primarily of phone calls to a complainant's employer. This testimony highlights an investigation regarding 15 case studies where WHD failed to investigate complaints. Kutz was asked to: (1) test WHD's complaint intake process in an undercover capacity; (2) provide additional case study examples of inadequate WHD responses to complaints; and (3) assess the effectiveness of WHD's complaint intake process, conciliations, and other investigative tools. Illus.

Wage Theft in America

Wage Theft in America
Author: Kimberley A. Bobo
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1595584455

"Kim Bobo's Wage Theft in America is an incisive handbook for organizers, workers, and concerned citizens on how to prevent the flagrant exploitation of America's working people. Offering a sweeping analysis of the crisis and providing concrete solutions, with special attention to what the new presidential administration must do, Wage Theft in America addresses one of the most egregious and unfair practices affecting workers today."--BOOK JACKET.

Department of Labor

Department of Labor
Author: Gregory D. Kutz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437919898

The mission of the Dept. of Labor's Wage and Hour Div. (WHD) includes enforcing provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is designed to ensure that millions of workers are paid the fed. minimum wage and overtime. Conducting investigations based on worker complaints is WHD's priority. This testimony relates to: (1) undercover tests of WHD's complaint intake process; (2) case study examples of inadequate WHD responses to wage complaints; and (3) the effectiveness of WHD's complaint intake process, conciliations (phone calls to the employer), and other investigative tools. To test WHD's complaint intake process, the auditor posed as complainants and employers in 10 different scenarios. Charts and tables.

Critical Wage Theory

Critical Wage Theory
Author: Ruben J. Garcia
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0520388046

In this highly original and personal book, Ruben J. Garcia argues forcefully that we must center the minimum wage as a tool for fighting structural racism. Employing the lessons of critical race theory to show how low minimum wages and underenforcement of workplace laws have always been features of our racially stratified society, Garcia explains why we must follow the leadership of social movements by treating increases in minimum wage levels and enforcement as matters of racial justice. Offering solutions that would benefit all workers, especially the immigrants and people of color most often made victims of wage theft, Critical Wage Theory is essential reading for anyone who seeks a more just future for the working class.

Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations

Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations
Author: James A. Gross
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780913447987

Collection of papers on the proposition that workers' rights are human rights and how they relate to labour activism and advocacy in a market-driven global economy. Considers health and safety at the workplace, child labour, freedom of association, protection of migrant and forced labour, human rights from a corporate perspective, employment discrimination, etc., referring to the situation in the United States and other industrial countries, and elsewhere. Includes an ILO contribution, co-authored by Barbary Murray, entitled "Human rights of workers with disabilities".