| Distinctions Between Employees and Independent Contractors |
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| The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act |
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| The Federal Labor Relations Authority |
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| Although many federal employees were granted the right to organize and join labor unions in 1962, they did not receive their current slate of collective bargaining rights until the passage of Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Title VII, also called the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, provides the framework for the labor rights of nearly two million federal employees. It also prohibits unfair labor practices by federal employers and unions. More... |
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| Non-Agricultural Child Labor Restrictions under |
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| Arbitration - Grievance Mediation |
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| Arbitration is widely viewed as a cost-effective alternative to litigation. At the same time, however, the costs of arbitration (and its increasing similarities to a full blown trial) are rising. For this and many other reasons, both labor unions and companies are looking to ways of reducing the total number of grievances that end in arbitration. One such alternative is grievance mediation. More... |
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