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Unemployment Insurance -- Financing -- Funding Strategies

Typically, states use one of two primary strategies to fund their unemployment insurance programs. The first, advance funding, relies on the establishment and maintenance of a sizeable fund out of which unemployment benefits can be paid. The...

What are Right-to-Work Laws?

Prior to the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, employees were not guaranteed the right to join unions or to have a union collectively bargain for them. The NLRA changed that by requiring employers to negotiate with...

Agricultural Child Labor Restrictions under the

Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) sets forth a number of rules to protect workers of every age. Generally, the FLSA ensures that most workers receive a minimum wage and...

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993?

Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with the stated purpose of balancing the demands of the workplace with the needs of families. Congress also stated that it sought to promote and strengthen families through the Act. The Act...

What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) in order to eliminate labor conditions that were detrimental to the health and welfare of workers, including children. The FLSA has four major components: a minimum wage requirement,...