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Also in 1937, New York passed a minimum wage law protecting women and minors. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a national minimum wage standard and a forty hour work week, and in this same year, an amendment to the New York State Constitution established a "Bill of Rights" for working people. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ...
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx.As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, [3] making it the 24th-largest municipality in the state and largest African-American majority city in the state.
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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site is a church and National Historic Site in Mount Vernon, New York, just north of the New York City borough of the Bronx.Established in 1765, Saint Paul's Church is one of New York's oldest parishes and was used as a military hospital after the American Revolutionary War Battle of Pell's Point in 1776.
The Freelance Isn't Free Act (FIFA) is a local New York City law passed by the New York City Council in 2016 that protects the labor rights of freelance workers. The bill passed unanimously, after lobbying by the Freelancers Union. [1] The law was officially enacted on May 15, 2017. [2]
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum working hours for bakers violated the bakers' right to freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [1]
In 1955, Mount Vernon, New York-based developer Salvatore Pepe released plans to build shopping center on the 9-acre (3.6 ha) parcel next to Lord & Taylor, promoting it as the future "Fifth Avenue of Westchester" and already envisioning luxury department store Bonwit Teller as the anchor, more than a decade before Bonwit's would actually move from White Plains to Vernon Hills in 1967.
The Scaffold Law is a New York State law that holds employers and property owners fully liable when an employee becomes injured due to a gravity-related fall while working at high elevations without proper safety equipment. The law was enacted in 19th century and is contained in New York State Labor Law § 240/241.