The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Privacy law
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Uniform Commercial Code
Family and Medical Leave Act
The Worker’s Compensation Program
Regulation of Financial Contracts
Environmental laws
Equal Employment laws
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Occupational Safety and Health Act
This agency handles employment discrimination issues.
This consists of uniform rules coordinating and simplifying the sale of goods and other commercial transactions throughout the United States.
Business transactions conducted outside of a business' state, such as borrowing money, leasing equipment, establishing contracts and selling goods, require the business to comply with the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
There are various government programs that encourage the recruitment and hiring of people with disabilities. This law requires any employer with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. A reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment that enables a person with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities.
This law establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers.
This agency enforces environmental laws.
These laws cover the production of products that could potentially harm the environment, businesses engaged in in agricultural farming, or a business that needs to dispose of pollutants or hazardous waste.
Businesses need to be careful when collecting sensitive consumer and employee information. They must take care to properly secure or dispose of consumer and employee information. Financial data, personal information from children, and material derived from credit reports may raise additional compliance considerations. In addition, businesses may have legal responsibilities to victims of identity theft.
These laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit. Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by EEOC laws. The laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits.
This law provides disability compensation to federal workers (or their dependents) who are injured at work or acquire a disease or illness from working on the job. The compensation programs include, for example, lost wages, medical treatment and rehabilitation.
This law requires employers of 50 or more employees to give up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious illness of the employee or a spouse, child or parent.
This law governs immigration and citizenship in the United States. Its addresses issues such as employment eligibility and employment verification.
This law requires employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that cause, or are likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to your employees.
