Management Laws and Regulations

1. Management Laws and Regulations Goal 2.01: Explain the skills needed to be a successful manager.

2. Employer Responsibilities • Supply what an employer needs to do the job. • Provide safe working conditions. • Make sure everyone is treated fairly. • Outline all job responsibilities. • Train all employees. Re-train when necessary.

3. Workers’ Compensations • insurance that pays for medical expenses and lost wages if you are injured on the job • employer is required to pay for the insurance

4. Fair Labor Practices • US labor laws: • equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, physical appearance, disability • paid a fair wage • considered fairly for promotion based on skill and past performance • protect in times of personal and economic change

5. Minimum Wage • lowest hourly amount a worker can earn • July 24, 2007, the federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. • July 24, 2007 to July 23, 2008, the federal minimum wage is $5.85 per hour. • July 24, 2008 to July 23, 2009, the federal minimum wage is $6.55 per hour. • July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

6. Immigration Laws • The USCIS LAWS section provides information on laws, regulations and interpretations controlling immigration and the work of the immigration-related components of the Department of Homeland Security.

7. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) • created in 1952 • divided into titles, chapters, and sections • stands alone as a body of law, the Act is also contained in the United States Code (U.S.C.) • collection of all the laws of the United States

8. Immigration Reform and Control Act • IRCA • Public Law 99-603 (Act of 11/6/86) • passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States • stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, • legalization of certain agricultural workers • sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers • increased enforcement at U.S. borders

9. Social Security • foundation of economic security for millions of Americans—retirees, disabled persons, and families of retired, disabled or deceased workers • 158 million Americans pay Social Security taxes and 57 million collect monthly benefits in 2013 • Social Security is largely a pay-as-you-go program/ today's workers pay Social Security taxes into the program and money flows back out as monthly income to beneficiaries • maximum Social Security benefit for a worker retiring at the 2013 full retirement age (66) is $2,533 a month

10. Unemployment Compensation • provides workers, whose jobs have been terminated through no fault of their own, monetary payments for a given period of time or until they find a new job • intended to provide an unemployed worker time to find a new job equivalent to the one lost without financial distress • based on a dual program of federal and state statutes • established by the federal Social Security Act in 1935 • state administers a separate unemployment insurance program, which must be approved by the Secretary of Labor, based on federal standards • a combination of federal and state taxes are levied upon employers • proceeds from the unemployment taxes are deposited in an Unemployment Trust Fund