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child labor law

child labor law : a law regulating or prohibiting the employment of a person who is below a specified age

Labourers, Statute of

Labourers, Statute of (English), 31 Edw. 3, c. 7 (repealed as long obsolete by Statute Law Revision Act, 1863),

NLRA

NLRA National Labor Relations Act see also the Important Laws section … NLRA National Labor Relations Act see also the Important Laws section

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Equal pay for equal work

Republic, and Clause 7, s. 1243 of the Mexican Constitution, the principle is given universal significance' (vide International Labour Law by Istvan Szaszy p. 265). The Preamble to the Constitution of the Interna-tional Labour Organisation recognises the prin-ciple

contract

party invests money in a common enterprise the profits from which are derived from the efforts of others labor contract : a contract between an employer and a labor union reached through and containing the results of … meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and

unfair labor practice

unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection … of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1)

Conciliation

of disputes without litigation, as (1) disputes between railway companies and freighters of goods, by the Minister of Labour under s. 31,commonly called the 'conciliation clause,' of the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 (51 & … Acts of 1867 and 1872 not having been enforced at all. Consult Howell's Handy Book of the Labour Laws; Cohen and Howell's Trade Union Law.

Vagrants

justice of the peace may commit them (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labour for not more than one month subject to an appeal to the sessions, viz.:-(1) Every person able to … Act, 1873, as to gambling and betting in streets; by the Vagrancy Act, 1898, amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7, as to men living on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law

strike

by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also rent strike Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section compare job action economic strike : a strike that is … legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck that part of [the] injunction "National Law Journal"] 2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire 3 : to engage in a strike

Nominal wages

Nominal wages, in relation to any labour, means a wages which is less than,-- (a) the minimum wages fixed by the Government, in relation to … (a) the minimum wages fixed by the Government, in relation to the same or similar labour, under any law for the time being in force; and (b) where no such minimum wage has been fixed in relation

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