1. Chapter 21: Employment Protection and Equal Opportunity

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. 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?

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

8. 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

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

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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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