Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB
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Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, , is a decision by the United States Supreme Court which denied an award of back pay to an undocumented worker who had been laid-off for his part in a union organizing drive. The case is also generally read to require back pay in cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act
for undocumented workers.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a federal statute of the United States. The FLSA established a national minimum wage, guaranteed 'time-and-a-half' for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor," a term that is defined in the statute...
for undocumented workers.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
delivered the opinion of the Court.