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  2. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the US. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the " inequality of bargaining power " between employees and employers, especially employers "organized in the corporate or other forms of ownership association". [ 3 ]

  3. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.

  4. United States v. Darby Lumber Co. - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Darby Lumber Co., 312 U.S. 100 (1941), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, holding that the U.S. Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions. [1] The unanimous decision of the Court in this case overturned Hammer v.

  5. Principles of Labor Legislation - Wikipedia

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    Chapter V: HOURS OF LABOR 200 I. Maximum Daily Hours 204; 2. Rest Periods 246; Chapter VI: UNEMPLOYMENT 261 1. Regulation of Private Employment Offices .... 264; 2. Public Employment Exchanges 270; 3. Systematic Distribution of Public Work 283; 4. Regularization of Industry 290; Chapter VII: SAFETY AND HEALTH 295 1. Reporting 297; 2 ...

  6. Article Five of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three ...

  7. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment in the US by state (and 2 cities) for FY 2021 Unemployment by County (November 2021) Unemployment in the United States discusses the causes and measures of U.S. unemployment and strategies for reducing it. Job creation and unemployment are affected by factors such as economic conditions, global competition, education, automation ...

  8. Explainer-What is a government shutdown and what is the debt ...

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    Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap spending bill due to pressure from Donald Trump. The president-elect is ...

  9. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The right of government employees to address grievances with their employer over work-related matters can be restricted to administrative processes under Supreme Court precedent. In Pickering v. Board of Education , the Supreme Court decided that the court must balance the employee's right to engage in speech against the government's interest ...