Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1949: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eight-first Congress, First Session, on H. Res. 301. Aug. 2, 3 and 4, 1949U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - 189 pages |
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... wage rates , working conditions , labor legislation and other matters essential to em- ployment counseling and placement . Close working relations between the United States Employment Service and most of the agencies of the Labor ...
... wage rates , working conditions , labor legislation and other matters essential to em- ployment counseling and placement . Close working relations between the United States Employment Service and most of the agencies of the Labor ...
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... wages for seamen , now in the Maritime Commission , be transferred to the Labor Depart- ment . ( Report on Department of ... wage research be conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . ( Report on Department of Labor , pp . 16 and 17 ...
... wages for seamen , now in the Maritime Commission , be transferred to the Labor Depart- ment . ( Report on Department of ... wage research be conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . ( Report on Department of Labor , pp . 16 and 17 ...
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... wages . That is a very brief statement but that is all I care to say . I think inasmuch as during the previous hearings , either the first one or second one , of the 45 States at least 46 of them sent their authorized repre- sentatives ...
... wages . That is a very brief statement but that is all I care to say . I think inasmuch as during the previous hearings , either the first one or second one , of the 45 States at least 46 of them sent their authorized repre- sentatives ...
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... wage and if the employer should not go along with him . Mr. LANHAM . I do not admit that , of course . It seems to me that it is absolutely true that the Reemployment Service is a function of the Labor Department and if they should be ...
... wage and if the employer should not go along with him . Mr. LANHAM . I do not admit that , of course . It seems to me that it is absolutely true that the Reemployment Service is a function of the Labor Department and if they should be ...
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... wage earners , the public and so forth . Now I cannot in my mind differentiate . If you take all wage earners out on one side , who would be left to repre- sent the public ? You say the wage earners and the employees and the public . I ...
... wage earners , the public and so forth . Now I cannot in my mind differentiate . If you take all wage earners out on one side , who would be left to repre- sent the public ? You say the wage earners and the employees and the public . I ...
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Page 173 - The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 150 - Act to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions : (a) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (b) If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality ; (c) If as a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or...
Page 37 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business...
Page 130 - ... shall be referred to the same committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
Page 130 - Such motion may be made only by a person favoring the resolution, shall be highly privileged (except that it may not be made after the committee has reported a resolution with respect to the same...
Page 3 - Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, April 24, 1958, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended CIVILIAN MOBILIZATION SECTION 1.
Page 161 - Department to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries, the labor interests, and the transportation facilities of the United States...
Page 10 - This can be provided by encouraging employers to provide more stable employment and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide benefits for periods of unemployment, thus maintaining purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences pf poor relief assistance.
Page 138 - Compensation Appeals Board of the Federal Security Agency, together with the functions thereof, is transferred to the Department of Labor. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator with respect to the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board are transferred to the Secretary of Labor.
Page 10 - The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good, and the general welfare of the citizens of this State require the enactment of this measure, under the police powers of the State, for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.