Protection Employment Law

1. Protection Employment Law Business Law Fall 2012

2. Regulations for Work Conditions • Health and Safety- • OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration • Created in 1970 by the Occupational Safety and Health Act • Administered within Department of Labor • Businesses are inspected regularly by this administration and fined if they find irregularities (unsafe areas)

3. Regulations for Work Conditions • Wages, Hours and Benefits • Regulated by the Fair Labor Standards Act • AKA Wage and Hour Law • Regulates and monitors legal hourly wage • Congress approves minimum wage increases • Equal Pay Act • Regulates that women and men get equal pay • Retirement Income Security Act • Designed to protect employee pension plans so the investments could be watched and regulated

4. Regulations for Work Conditions con’t • Drug Free Workplace Act • Helps to maintain a drug free workplace • Does not order drug testing • Employee Polygraph Protection Act • Regulates the giving of polygraphs in the workplace • If these acts were not in force, an employee’s rights could be impacted.

5. Laws That Provide Worker Benefits • Social Security Act • Provided for employees families if an employee dies • Provides money as supplemental income during retirement • Provides money to an employee if disability occurs • Employer and employee contribute equal amounts to Social Security • Workers today fund social security for current retirees • Currently more money is going out than is coming in to fund this pension • Your social security number is unique to you and you must guard it because this number will be used for identification throughout your life.

6. Laws That Provide Worker Benefits • Unemployment Laws • Provides money for people who have lost jobs due to being laid off • Monies are limited • Must show proof you are looking for a job • Size of payments are determined by the amount of money that was contributed to the fund. • The employers fund this program

7. Laws That Provide Worker’s Benefits • Worker’s Compensation Laws • Benefits employees by providing monies to employees due to an injury on the job • Provides income to injured employee • Provides health insurance coverage using approved doctors as directed by the employer • Employers help fund this insurance program

8. Laws Regulating Employment • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, or religion. • Business must have 15 or more employees to be governed by this law. • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission helps to regulate this law. All discrimination complaints go through this commission.

9. Laws Regulating Employment • Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967 • Prohibits the discrimination of employees based on age • Impacts businesses with more than 20 or more employees • Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 • Prohibits the discrimination of employees based on disabilities • Disability means a physical or mental impairment that inhibits one or more major life activity. • Employers are encouraged to make accommodations for disabled employees; however, if the accommodation is going to put an undue hardship on the business, the business will be excused from making these accommodations. • Accommodation= remodeling door sizes, raising desk height, providing reading equipment for visually impaired employees