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Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Title VII
Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
Protects the job rights of individuals who voluntarily or involuntarily leave employment positions to undertake military service or certain types of service in the National Disaster Medical System.
Executive Order 11246
Prohibits federal contractors and federally–assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, who do over
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards.
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
Regulates immigration and citizenship in the United States, including employment eligibility and employment verification.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information and includes provisions to allow individuals to carry over health insurance when they change jobs.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Regulates private pension plans, including providing protections for individuals in these plans.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of genetic information in health insurance and employment.
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Restores the protection against pay discrimination by allowing individuals who claim pay discrimination to file a complaint within 180 days of any discriminatory paycheck.
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
Prohibits most private employers from using lie detector tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
Protects workers by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 calendar-day advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs of employees.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs.
Taft-Hartley Act
Amended the National Labor Relations Act, addressing the balance of power between unions and management by restricting certain union practices.
Wagner Act
Officially known as the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), it established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Grants eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year and requires group health benefits to be maintained.
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Promotes accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies, also affects employers who use consumer reports for employment purposes.
Davis-Bacon Act
Requires that prevailing wages be paid on publicly funded construction projects.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Protects employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination based on age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms of employment.
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Protects the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Provides for the continuation of group health coverage that otherwise might be terminated.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Protects whistleblowers who work for publicly traded companies from retaliation and includes reforms to enhance corporate responsibility, financial disclosures, and combat corporate and accounting fraud.
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