Question: Cite the sources in format with in-text citations, as appropriate. Include a reference list at the end of the narrative. Remember I need 3 references

Cite the sources in format with in-text citations, as appropriate. Include a reference list at the end of the narrative. Remember I need 3 references please!! Need a long detailed response

For the first two questions, read the case "Donning Safety Equipment" or "Changing Clothes?" on pages 435-436 of the textbook. Answer the following: Holley, W. H., Wolters, R. S., & Ross, W. (2017). The labor relations process (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.

  1. Analyze how each side interprets the meaning of this contract clause. Whose position is more persuasive? Why?
  2. In 1947, Congress passed the Portal-to-Portal Act (a "portal is a doorway). This law said that an employer is not liable to pay workers for the time they spend traveling to work (e.g. an hour-long commute). It also excludes from compensable time, "activities which are preliminary to or postliminary to the principle activity or activities that an employee is employed to perform, which occur either prior to the time on any particular workday at which such employee commences, or subsequent to the time on any particular workday at which he ceases, such principle activity or activities.

Further in 1949, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (which regulates overtime) to read, "the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be excluded any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the beginning or the end of each workday."This law excluded "changing clothes" from compensable time, but is also specifically allowed collective bargaining agreements to specify that such time to be paid.Analyze the case in light of these two relevant laws.

  1. What characteristics or qualities should a practitioner look for in selecting a mediator to help resolve a labor dispute?
  2. What are some potential costs or risks parties face during a work stoppage?

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