MANAGEMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS Goal 2.01: Explain the skills needed to be a successful manager.

Employer Responsibilities  Supply what an employer needs to do the job.  Provide safe working conditions.  Make sure everyone is treated fairly.  Outline all job responsibilities.  Train all employees. Re-train when necessary.

Workers’ Compensations  insurance that pays for medical expenses and lost wages if you are injured on the job  employer is required to pay for the insurance

Fair Labor Practices  US labor laws:  equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, physical appearance, disability  paid a fair wage  considered fairly for promotion based on skill and past performance  protect in times of personal and economic change

Minimum Wage  lowest hourly amount a worker can earn  July 24, 2007, the federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour.  July 24, 2007 to July 23, 2008, the federal minimum wage is $5.85 per hour.  July 24, 2008 to July 23, 2009, the federal minimum wage is $6.55 per hour.  July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

Immigration Laws  The USCIS LAWS section provides information on laws, regulations and interpretations controlling immigration and the work of the immigration-related components of the Department of Homeland Security.

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)  created in 1952  divided into titles, chapters, and sections  stands alone as a body of law, the Act is also contained in the United States Code (U.S.C.)  collection of all the laws of the United States

Immigration Reform and Control Act  IRCA  Public Law (Act of 11/6/86)  passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States  stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982,  legalization of certain agricultural workers  sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers  increased enforcement at U.S. borders

Social Security  foundation of economic security for millions of Americans—retirees, disabled persons, and families of retired, disabled or deceased workers  158 million Americans pay Social Security taxes and 57 million collect monthly benefits in 2013  Social Security is largely a pay-as-you-go program/ today's workers pay Social Security taxes into the program and money flows back out as monthly income to beneficiaries  maximum Social Security benefit for a worker retiring at the 2013 full retirement age (66) is $2,533 a month

Unemployment Compensation  provides workers, whose jobs have been terminated through no fault of their own, monetary payments for a given period of time or until they find a new job  intended to provide an unemployed worker time to find a new job equivalent to the one lost without financial distress  based on a dual program of federal and state statutes  established by the federal Social Security Act in 1935  state administers a separate unemployment insurance program, which must be approved by the Secretary of Labor, based on federal standards  a combination of federal and state taxes are levied upon employers  proceeds from the unemployment taxes are deposited in an Unemployment Trust Fund