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All employers must understand and follow pertinent national labor laws. In addition, your organization must ensure full compliance with the applicable labor laws in the particular states in which it operates.

A couple of the labor laws that your organization must comply with to ensure worker rights and avoid legal trouble are the FLSA labor law and the NLRA labor law.

Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay covered employees who are not otherwise exempt at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay. Several states have minimum wage labor laws that are more generous than the national minimum wage labor law.

National Labor Relations Act

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was designed to promote collective bargaining between labor and management and to assure workers the right to organize and join a union without fear of reprisal. This labor law guarantees employees the right to organize and to bargain collectively with their employers, or to refrain from all such activity.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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