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| American with Disabilities Act |
| This law prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities. |
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| COBRA |
| This law requires most employers to offer group health continuation coverage rights to persons whose insurance would otherwise end due to a "qualifying event." |
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| Consumer Credit Protection Act |
| This law prohibits judgement creditors form taking more than 25% of your net earnings through a wage garnishment to satisfy a debt. |
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| Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards |
| This law states that employees covered by the Davis-Bacon Act or employed on construction projects financed by the federal government must be paid overtime and provided with a safe and healthy work environment. |
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| Copeland “Anti-Kickback" Act |
| This law prohibits government contractors and subcontractors from forcing employees to give back part of their compensation, a measure to ensure that they receive their full wages. |
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| Davis-Bacon Act |
| This law requires the payment of minimum wages and fringe benefits –“prevailing wages” – to laborers and mechanics who are employed on federal public works contracts exceeding $2,000. |
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| Drug-Free Workplace Act |
| This law requires businesses holding government contracts of $25,000 or more to establish drug education and awareness programs for their workers in an effort to maintain a drug-free workplace. |
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| Employee Polygraph Protection Act |
| This law regulates the use of lie detector and other types of electronic “honesty tests” as a condition of hiring or as a basis for employment decisions. |
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| Equal Pay Act |
| This law prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who are performing under similar working conditions. |
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| Executive Order 11246 |
| This law prohibits federal government contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act |
| This law defines the 40-hour workweek, covers the federal minimum wage, sets requirements for overtime and recordkeeping, and places restrictions on child labor. |
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| Family and Medical Leave Act |
| This law requires that an employer provide leaves of absence for the birth or adoption of a child, for the care of a seriously ill family member or for an employee’s own serious health condition. |
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| HIPAA |
| This law protects the health coverage of people who switch from one job to another or who leave their jobs without taking another job. |
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| Immigration Reform and Control Act |
| This law prohibits the employment of illegal aliens and requires employers to verify the legal status and right to work of all new hires. |
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| McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act |
| This law establishes standards for minimum compensation, fringe benefits, safety and health protection of employees performing work for contractors and subcontractors on service contracts in excess of $2,500. |
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| National Labor Relations Act |
| This law encourages the practice of collective bargaining by protecting workers’ freedom of association and self-organization. |
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| Rehabilitation Act |
| This law is designed to promote the employment of otherwise qualified but handicapped individuals and to prevent discrimination against them. |
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| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act |
| This law prohibits employers from discriminating against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. |
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| USERRA |
| This law prohibits discrimination against persons on their service in any uniformed service and applies to public and private employers. |
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| VEVRAA |
| This law requires federal government contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment qualified disabled war veterans, including Vietnam-era veterans. |
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| Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act |
| This law requires the payment of minimum wages and overtime to employees who work for companies with government contracts exceeding $10,000. |
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| WARN |
| This law provides for mandatory notices of plant closings and mass layoffs. |
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| Workers’ Compensation |
| This law is an employer-financed, no-fault insurance program that compensates employees who have been disabled because of a work-related injury or accident. |
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| WHCRA |
| This law contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. |
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