AMERICAN LABOR LAWS: Employment Acts and Legal Regulations in the United States

The book identifies and explains the critical employment laws or labor laws in the United States. The labor laws are essential in identifying and improving the terms and conditions of employment in the American labor market. The aim of labor laws is to achieve industrial harmony by enabling employers and employees, via trade unions, to agree on appropriate work practices that uphold the rights of workers and enhance the performance of the organization. Employment laws facilitate the realization of equality in the workplace for the diverse categories of employees through the concept of equal pay for work of equal value and equal employment and career development opportunities. The labor Acts establish government agencies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the desired standards of employment across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors of American society.