Labor Rev: Introduction
INTRODUCTION LABOR LAW CONCEPTS, CONTEXT, AND AIMS 1. LABOR LEGISLATION: DEFINITIONS Labor legislation consists of statutes , regulations and jurisprudence governing the relations between capital and labor , by providing for: certain employment standards and a legal framework for defining, adjusting and administering the standards and other incidents of employment or related productive work relationships. The above definition shows that labor legislation is broadly divided into labor standards and labor relations . Broadly viewed in legal context, "standards" are all matters required or established by law. Minimum wage set by law is a labor standard; so also are the employees' rights to organize and to retain their jobs until a lawful cause of dismissal occurs. Legal standards, broadly, are norms set by law that must be observed , or else, the act is "substandard," i.e., unlawful. In short, labor standards refer to terms and conditions of employmen...