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Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor

The Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act

In 1992, Congress determined that two of three new entrants into the job market would be women but that women faced serious barriers to taking up apprenticeable and nontraditional occupations. Accordingly, to help prepare the business community to remove the barriers facing women and successfully integrate women into the work force, Congress passed the Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act (WANTO).More...

Pre-Employee Screening -- Reference Checking

Threat of Defamation LitigationMore...

Workers' Compensation Overview

Under modern workers' compensation statutes, lengthy court battles and unfair burdens on employees are generally avoided. The statutes provide coverage to employees for accidental injuries that "arise out of and in the course of" employment. No assessment of "fault" is required. More...

Labor Management Relations Act

In 1947, Congress passed the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), also known as the Taft-Hartley Act, which amended the National Labor Relations Act primarily to impose certain restrictions on the activities of labor unions. The LMRA also imposed upon employers and labor unions a "mutual obligation . . . to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement or any question arising thereunder." This obligation is known as the "duty to bargain." More...