MONEY MANAGEMENTMONEY MANAGEMENTCHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 5

INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNTKNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A WORKERKNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A WORKER

If you are employed in the Great Ol’ USA you have certain RIGHTS! What If you are employed in the Great Ol’ USA you have certain RIGHTS! What are they? Well some of them are common sense. Some of them you may are they? Well some of them are common sense. Some of them you may have never heard about. Let’s go online and hunt up some information on have never heard about. Let’s go online and hunt up some information on the rights you should be most familiar with!the rights you should be most familiar with!

1.1. We’ve talked a lot about Social Security over the past few days. Let’s see if you can We’ve talked a lot about Social Security over the past few days. Let’s see if you can tell me a little more about the law that put the program in place.tell me a little more about the law that put the program in place.

In what year did the Social Security Act become law? ______________________________In what year did the Social Security Act become law? ______________________________ Which president signed the act into law? ________________________________________Which president signed the act into law? ________________________________________ When was Medicare added to the Social Security Act?_____________________________When was Medicare added to the Social Security Act?_____________________________ What is Medicare for? _______________________________________________________ What is Medicare for? _______________________________________________________

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2.2. One of the most important worker protection laws is the Fair Labor Standards Act of One of the most important worker protection laws is the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It covers issues such as minimum wage and numbers of hours worked. Let’s 1938. It covers issues such as minimum wage and numbers of hours worked. Let’s see what you can find out about it!see what you can find out about it!

What was the minimum wage when the act was first passed? _________________What was the minimum wage when the act was first passed? _________________ What is the minimum wage now? ________________What is the minimum wage now? ________________ When was the last time the minimum wage was changed? When was the last time the minimum wage was changed?

__________________________________________________________ The Fair Labor Standards Act set the standard work week at how many hours? The Fair Labor Standards Act set the standard work week at how many hours?

___________________. ___________________. The Act REQUIRES employers to pay overtime to hourly employees for any time The Act REQUIRES employers to pay overtime to hourly employees for any time

above and beyond that weekly threshold! above and beyond that weekly threshold! What did the act set the overtime rate to? ___________________What did the act set the overtime rate to? ___________________

3. Another set of laws aimed at protecting workers are the “Workers Compensation” 3. Another set of laws aimed at protecting workers are the “Workers Compensation” Laws. Let’s see what you can find out about them!Laws. Let’s see what you can find out about them!

Define Worker’s Compensation? Define Worker’s Compensation? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.4. There is a handout entitled the “Teen Worker’s Bill of Rights”. Find it and tell me four There is a handout entitled the “Teen Worker’s Bill of Rights”. Find it and tell me four of your RIGHTS!of your RIGHTS!

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