During this week of study we covered a ton of material that consisted of wages, benefits, unions/bargaining and occupational safety. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law that regulates wages and hours for potential employees. This act covers a multitude of laws outlining things such as equal pay, overtime rates and compensatory time. We learned about the National Labor Relations Act, which is also a federal law and it outlines self-organization and collective bargaining. In this paper we will discuss two cases from our readings. The first being Vehar v Cole National Group and the second being Mastec Advanced Technologies. Wk 6 Case Questions
While perusing through the case of Vehar v Cole National Group I found the legal issue…show more content… The courts measured that Vehar, Crosley and Leipold had duties that were basically the same. In fact, all three of them were employed as programmer analyst and shared the same boss. All three of them were responsible for a multitude of tasks and sometimes worked together on certain projects. One project highlighted in the case was the RGIS Inventory Project. In this project Vehar took a leadership role and delegated work to Crosley. That in itself along with the shared projects, Vehar presented enough evidence that validated she performed equally amongst Crosley and…show more content… Even though the courts were not ready to gauge each of the three’s individual proficiencies they established that Cole National Group did not substantiate their burden of proof by demonstrating that sex had no role in it’s pay rates. All three possessed four-year college degrees and were separated only by a year or two in experience. It should be noted that Vehar had possessed her degree first. Vehar has met her burden of proof by showing other motivations presented by Cole. Vehar presented that Crosley and Leipold had outside interaction with their supervisor Snyder. These interactions include rounds of golf and going out for drinks together. It is also coincidental that Crosley listed Snyder as a reference on his employment application. While subjective, it should be noted that Snyder made remarks about Vehar referring to her as a “disloyal data bitch” and that “all women are witches”. This clearly shows some animosity based on gender and her male counterparts experience was a minimal deciding factor for the twenty percent salary difference (JustiaLaw.com,
