Business Law FAQs

• Q: What Does The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 (Title VII) Govern?
  A: Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment including public accommodations, governmental services and education. An employer cannot fail or refuse to hire or … More
• Q: Who Does The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Cover?
  A: Employers with 15 or more employees, affecting commerce, and whose employees have been employed for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the … More
• Q: What Administrative Body May Impose Remedies For A Violation Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964?
  A: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) administers and enforces Title VII. The EEOC has the power to investigate, litigate and resolve unfair employment … More
• Q: Whom Does The Labor Management Relations Act Cover?
  A: Generally, the LMRA covers the private sector. Government agencies are excluded. Two exceptions are national banks and mail contractors. Because of this, states have … More
• Q: What Does The Fair Labor Standards Act Govern?
  A: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets minimum wage, overtime pay, equal pay, record keeping requirements and child labor standards. As of December 2000, workers … More
• Q: Whom Does The Fair Labor Standards Act Cover?
  A: In order for the FLSA to apply there must be an employment relationship between an employer and an employee. An employee, as distinguished from a person who is engaged … More
• Q: What Does The Labor Management Relations Act (Lmra) Govern?
  A: Four major historical statutes make up what is now known as the Labor Management Relations Act. The cornerstone of the LMRA provides that protected employees shall … More
• Q: What Administrative Body May Impose Remedies For A Violation Of The Labor Management Relations Act?
  A: Because the LMRA was enacted to maintain industrial peace for the benefit of the public, enforcement is geared to be more remedial in nature than punitive. The NLRB … More
• Q: What Administrative Body May Impose Remedies For A Violation Of The Fair Labor Standards Act?
  A: With the exception of certain federal employees, the administration and enforcement of the FLSA is the responsibility of the Department of Labor`s Wage and Hour … More
• Q: What Does The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973 Govern?
  A: The stated purpose of the Rehabilitation Act is to endorse economic independence of handicapped persons. This is done through the employment of people with … More