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Philippine Labor Law—A Survey [Part 2], Perfecto Fernandez
Philippine Labor Law—A Survey [Part 2], Perfecto Fernandez
Washington Law Review
There are four basic categories of employer misconduct which the Industrial Peace Act (hereinafter referred to as the "act") labels as unfair labor practices. The first is a very broad category; it includes interference, restraint or coercion of employees with respect to their right to organize. The other three refer to particular types of conduct: (1) requiring "yellow dog" contracts; (2) company unionism; (3) discriminatory practices affecting employment which encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization,"' or prejudicial acts committed against an employee for having filed charges, testified, or for being about to testify under the act.
Judicial Creativity And State Labor Law, Cornelius J. Peck
Judicial Creativity And State Labor Law, Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
That courts must and do make law is a proposition which no longer admits of debate. What remains debatable, however, is whether they choose the proper subjects and occasions for exercising their lawmaking powers as well as whether the products which they fashion are the best or most suitable for governing the affairs to which they will apply. Logically these questions involve separable issues, although there is a noticeable tendency on the part of some commentators to refer to the products of which they disapprove as judicial legislation and to those of which they approve as fine examples of common …
The National Labor Relations Board's "Integrated Industries" Policy: An Administrative Grandfather Clause, Robert M. Keenan
The National Labor Relations Board's "Integrated Industries" Policy: An Administrative Grandfather Clause, Robert M. Keenan
Washington Law Review
In carrying out its statutory responsibility to determine whether a unit of craft employees, rather than a broader unit, is appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining, the National Labor Relations Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) ordinarily must strike a balance between sharply conflicting interests. One or more groups of specially skilled workmen will desire to be disassociated from other employees in order to obtain relatively superior terms and conditions of employment. The employer will probably oppose separate representation for the specialists, believing it not conducive to stable labor relations. And often an incumbent union, which has represented the …
Philippine Labor Law—A Survey, Perfecto Fernandez
Philippine Labor Law—A Survey, Perfecto Fernandez
Washington Law Review
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State Wage Collection Laws: Supplementing The Bankruptcy Act, D. Mckay Snow
State Wage Collection Laws: Supplementing The Bankruptcy Act, D. Mckay Snow
Washington Law Review
The general problem to be considered here is that of the employer's insolvency and consequent inability to pay wages which have already been earned. More specifically this comment examines the various types of state legislation designed to assist employees in the collection of these earned but unpaid wages, with primary consideration directed to those statutes which enable the employee to circumvent the limitations of the federal Bankruptcy Act. State wage priority statutes are therefore not included, nor are general creditor collection devices, criminal sanctions against non-payment of wages, and laws authorizing the assignment of wage claims to an administrative agency …