1. IN BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT
ROLES OF GOVERNMENT
IN BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT

2. The Government and Competition Examples of laws that protect companies from illegal competitive practices.
LAWS
Sherman Act (1890)
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)
Clayton Act (1914)
Websites
See Maintaining Competition at
COMPANIES TO RESEARCH
Microsoft
Paramount
AT&T (RBOC)
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3. The Government and Creative Property Examples of laws that protect intellectual property.
Copyrights * Trademarks * Patents
LAWS
Copyright Law (1790)
Patent Act of the U. S. (1790)
Lanham Act (1946)
Freedom of Information Act (1966)
Websites:
See Maintaining Legal and Social Framework at
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4. The Government and Production Examples of laws that protect the environment.
National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
Clean Air Act (1970)
Clean Water Act (1972)
Website:
See Maintaining Legal and Social Framework at
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5. The Government as Provider of Work Laws Examples of laws that protect the rights of employees.
LABOR LAWS
Social Security Acts (1935, 1965)
Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (1974)
Websites:
See Redistributing Income at
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6. Regulatory Act Assignment
Choose 1 Act from the 4 major categories of Government Acts listed in the PowerPoint and give the following for each:
The name of the Act and Year it was Enacted
A definition of the Act
Who the act protects and why
Examples of when the Act could be used to protect
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7. Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)
Roles of Government in Business Assignment Example
Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)

8. Definition of FMLA
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a United States federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical and family reasons include: personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy, adoption, or the foster care placement of a child.[1] The FMLA is administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor.
The bill was a major part of President Bill Clinton's agenda in his first term. President Clinton signed the bill into law on February 5, 1993 (Pub.L. 103–3; 29 U.S.C. sec. 2601; 29 CFR 825) and it took effect on August 5, 1993, six months later.

9. Who FMLA protects and why
The FMLA was intended "to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families."[2] The Act allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to attend to the serious health condition of the employee, parent, spouse or child, or for pregnancy or care of a newborn child, or for adoption or foster care of a child. In order to be eligible for FMLA leave, an employee must have been at the business at least 12 months, and worked at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles. The FMLA covers both public- and private-sector employees, but certain categories of employees are excluded, including elected officials and their personal staff members

10. Examples of when the Act would be used to protect the employee
A female employee is about to give birth to a baby
A military service member gets called into active duty
An employee suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized for 1 month

11. Source Cited ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/fecga.htm
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