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Laws & Regulations Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS
* * * Please read the instructions carefully. * * *
The following alphabetical list of employment regulations and issues is not complete. The list needs to be updated.
Using your text book as your primary source, then supplementing the text book with library resources and/or Internet resources, do the following:
Choose twenty (20) of the items from the list below.
Your list must contain all items marked with an asterisk (*).
- List the item, year enacted, and acronym, if applicable. (Do not create an acronym.)
- State how many employees (size of employer/organization) the law applies to or "n/a" if it is not applicable.
- Write a two (2) to five (5) sentence description of each regulation you have selected. Be concise.
Include in your description (one paragraph with three to five concise sentences):
- What and/or who is covered;
- what is required of the organization or employer;
- does the employee have any responsibilities?
All work is to be typed and emailed.
Do not wait to get started on this assignment.
You are encouraged to ask questions if you do not understand any aspect of this assignment.
REGULATORY / LEGAL ISSUES (list last revised in 2009)
A NON-COMPREHENSIVE LISTING
- * Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- * Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
- Bankruptcy Act (1978)
- Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA)
- Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Comparable Worth
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1986
- Copeland Act of 1934
- Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) of 1968
- Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA)
- Davis Bacon Act of 1931
- Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) of 1988
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974
- * Employment-At-Will
- Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
- * Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963
- Equal Pay for Equal Work
- * Executive Order 11246 of 1965
- Executive Order 13201
- Executive Order 11375
- Executive Order 11478
- Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of 1969
- * Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938
- * Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993
- Federal Election Campaign Act (1971)
- Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA)
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) of 1935
- Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (Mine Act)
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008
- Hazard Communication Standards (1986)
- Higher Education Act (1965)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
- * Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
- Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
- Jury Service and Selection Act
- Labor-Management Relations Act (1947) - (LMRA)
- Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) (1959)
- * Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (2009)
- Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA)
- McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA)
- Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
- Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) of 1996
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1947
- Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996
- Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
- * Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970
- Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (1990)
- OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
- Portal to Portal Pay Act (1947)
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)
- Protection of Jurors’ Employment (1978)
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 503
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002
- Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
- State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act (1972)
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- * Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures of 1978
- * Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994
- Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004
- * Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Act (VEVRA) of 1974
- Vocational Rehabilitation Act (1973)
- Walsh-Healy Act of 1936
- Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) of 1988
- Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003
Instructor:
- John G. Brau, SPHR
- Tel.: 281-393-1100
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