Fair Employment Practice Committee

Examples of Fair Employment Practice Committee in the following topics:

• Minorities and the New Deal

  • The African American participation in the New Deal work programs did not change rampant discriminatory practices.
  • In June 1941, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 (sometimes referred to as the Fair Employment Act).
  • The Fair Employment Practice Committee was established to investigate alleged violations and "to take appropriate steps to redress grievances which it finds to be valid."
  • The Committee would also make recommendations to federal agencies and to the President on how Executive Order 8802 could be made most effective.
  • A Press Conference on the Fair Employment Practices Commission, circa 1942

• Employment Policy

  • Employment policy determines living and working standards that need to be met by the state and the federal government.
  • The NLRB has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an employer has engaged in an unfair labor practice and to decide what remedies should be provided.
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) establishes minimum wage and overtime rights for most private sector workers, with a number of exemptions and exceptions.
  • The federal government, along with many state governments, also requires employers to pay the prevailing wage to workers on public works projects, a practice which typically reflects the standards established by unions' collective bargaining agreements in the area.
  • In addition, a number of states have modified the general rule that employment is at will by holding that employees may, under that state's common law, have implied contract rights to fair treatment by their employers.

• Labor Laws

  • Employment standards are social norms (and in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors will work.
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set the maximum standard work week to 44 hours.
  • The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits employment discrimination based on age with respect to employees 40 years of age or older.
  • Title VII also prohibits retaliation against any person for opposing any practice forbidden by the law, or for making a charge, testifying, assisting, or participating in a proceeding under the law.

• Civil Rights

  • First, he created the President's Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946.
  • In February 1948, the president submitted a civil rights agenda to Congress that proposed creating several federal offices devoted to issues such as voting rights and fair employment practices.
  • A third, in 1951, established the Committee on Government Contract Compliance (CGCC).
  • This committee ensured that defense contractors did not discriminate because of race.
  • Invigorated by the victory of Brown and frustrated by the lack of immediate practical effect, private citizens increasingly rejected gradualist, legalistic approaches as the primary tool to bring about desegregation.

• Labor Standards

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 sets national minimum wages and maximum hours individuals can be required to work.
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 establishes that employers cannot discriminate in hiring or employment practices on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin (the law also prohibits discrimination in voting and housing).
  • The Age and Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects older workers against job discrimination.

• Case: China establishes a new employment contract law for 2008

  • In an effort to promote better employment relationships between employers and employees, and establish stricter guidelines for Employment practices, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) passed a new employment contract law in June 2007 which became effective on January 1, 2008.
  • On June 29, 2007 at the 28th session of the standing committee of the 10th National People's Congress, a new employment contract law was adopted which took take effect on 1 Jauary 2008.
  • By incorporating new legal provisions with existing laws from the current PRC labor law, the committee hopes to meet three main objectives: (1) to clarify the employment contract system by clearly identifying both the employer and the employee litigation rights and duties (2) provide protection of an employee's legitimate rights and interests and (3) construct and develop harmonious/stable work relations.

• Termination

  • For more information on Title VII, including the claims process, bona fide occupational qualification defense, and who is protected, visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) website at: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/vii.html.
  • The practice of "laying-off" older employees and hiring younger, less expensive ones in order to cut costs is a common occurrence amongst organizations that operate in the United States.
  • In an effort to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age, Congress enacted the ADEA, which "prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of age against individuals forty years of age or older" (The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
  • In 1990, Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act, which made it illegal for private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, labor organizations, and labor-management committees to discriminate against individuals based on a disability (The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
  • As of 1994, the ADA is applicable to companies that employ 15 or more employees and prohibits such companies from discriminating based on a disability in all employment practices such as recruitment, pay, hiring, firing, promotion, benefits, etc.

• Child Labor

  • This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations.
  • The National Child Labor Committee , an organization dedicated to the abolition of all child labor, was formed in 1904.
  • In 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which, among other things, placed limits on many forms of child labor.

• Resistance to Business Reform

  • The New Deal agenda was based on the presumption that free market forces and common business practices had greatly contributed to the failure of the economy.
  • Not surprisingly, the idea did not gain much popularity among those who promoted limited government intervention, laissez-faire, and individualism.
  • It outlined guidelines for the creation of the so-called "codes of fair competition" (rules according to which industries were supposed to operate), guaranteed trade union rights, and permitted the regulation of working standards.
  • While organized labor largely lauded NLRA, the American Federation of Labor accused NLRB of favoring practices employed by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
  • CIO, created in 1935 as the Committee of Industrial Organizations by unions belonging to AFL, gathered industrial workers and it eventually broke away from AFL in 1938.

• Introduction to IFRS

  • The IAS were issued between 1973 and 2001 by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).
  • During its first meeting the new Board adopted existing IAS and Standing Interpretations Committee standards (SICs).
  • The Joint Conceptual Framework project intends to update and refine the existing concepts to reflect the changes in markets and business practices.
  • A financial statement should reflect true and fair view of the business affairs of the organization.