Chapter 21: Employment Protection and Equal Opportunity

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Agency within the federal government that sets safety and health standards for many companies within the USA Conducts Inspections

Fair Labor Standards Act AKA Wage and Hour Law Requires: Minimum Hourly Wage Time-And-A-Half For All Work Over 40 Hours Regulates Employment of Minors

Labor Article Read: Labor Department Probes Pay Practices of Two Major Baseball Teams On a Separate Sheet of Paper Answer: Explain what happened. What elements of the Fair Labor Act were violated? Explain what the investigators found. What was the financial settlement? How does this lawsuit effect Major League Baseball?

Equal Pay Act Men and Women Must Receive = Pay for = Work Equal Pay Rule: Covers Hourly Workers, Executives, Administrators, Professional Employees, and Outside Salespeople Receiving Salary or Commission

Let’s Investigate Go to My Website Chapter 21 Click on Link Equal Pay Act Status How effective is the Equal Pay Act? What is the income disparity rate today? What measures do you think can be taken to create income equality?

Employee Privacy Rights Privacy for Governmental Employees Testing Employees for Drug Use Using Polygraph test results in the hiring and firing of employees

Federal Privacy Act Governmental Employees The right to restrict inspection of their employment files Be informed of their employment files Be informed of the contents of those files Fix any mistake found in their employment files

Drug-Free Workplace Act Applies To Companies That Have Contracts With The Federal Government

Employee Polygraph Protection Act Exceptions: Law Enforcemnt Security Handling of Controlled Substances

Employment Retirement Income Security Act Pension Plan: A program established by an employer or a union that is designed to provide income to employees after they retire Requires: Employers must place employee contributions to pension plans in a trust fund independent of the employer’s control Duty of Good Faith To Those Managing Pension Plans

Family and Medical Leave Act At a Company of 50 or more employees, Employees are entitled to 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the birth or adoption of child or to care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious medical condition. Must Have Worked For the Company for at least one year

Laws Providing Worker Benefits Social Security Act Unemployment Compensation Laws Worker’s Compensation Laws Work Opportunity Laws

Social Security Act Government program that provides continuing, but limited income to workers and their dependents when earnings stop because of retirement, death, or disability. Employers and Employees Contribute to the Fund

Unemployment Compensation Laws When people are out of work through no fault of their own, they can receive unemployment compensation for 26 weeks if they have been employed for at least 26 weeks President Can extend Unemployment benefits in cases of severe economic conditions or unemployment

Workers Compensation Laws Provides for loss of income due to accidents, illness or death on the job. Employee may NOT sue employer for negligence DOES NOT matter if the employee was injured due to his/her own negligence