Reply to Alicia Smith on Management of Employee Welfare
Hello Alicia,
Child labor laws and overtime protections are a good example of wage and work hour protections. Children who work are protected by laws against child labor. These rules impose limitations on the age, kinds of tasks children can perform, the hours they can work, and the wages bosses must pay them (Wijayanti, 1). Due to their rate of pay and the nature of the work they perform, exempt workers are not entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for hours worked above 40 in a workweek. If a non-exempt workers work more than 40 hours in a workweek, they must be paid time and a half (Cherry, 2). Wages have increased over the last 50 years as much as the wages differ in terms of professions and work experience. The Fiber Tech Plant violated OSHA laws by not creating a safe environment for its employees therefore leading to the death of the employee (Dalton, 3). Businesses must ensure that their employees have worker compensation insurance which comes in handy in the event of an injury in the line of work.
Sources
Wijayanti, Asri. 2017. Framework of Child Laborers Legal Protection in Marginal Communities. P 203-212. Retrieved from http://repository.um-surabaya.ac.id/3086/14/framework__of_child_laborer.pdfCherry, Miriam. 2016. Beyond misclassification: The digital transformation of work. Retrieved from https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=facultyDalton, Noah. 2022. OSHA releases results of fatal workplace investigations with Lawrence County Connections. Retrieved from OSHA releases results of fatal workplace investigations (usatoday.com)
