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Employment standards, workplace safety, as well as employment equity and human rights obligations. A standard or regulation is a regulatory requirement established and published by the agency to serve as criteria for measuring whether employers are in compliance with the osh act laws. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 150 million workers and 10 million workplaces. Quick answers to questions about 20 key employment laws. It addresses the need of how to figure out which of the 19 federal employment laws apply in your business situation. Title 38 code of federal regulations web automated. This text contains the statutes, rules, and regulations dealing with employment and labor law, including the complete text of california labor code and the unemployment insurance code. California laws and regulations related to the practice of optometry 2015 edition notice included in this document are laws and regulations of interest to professionals in the field of. Law and regulations occupational safety and health. Title vii is the principal federal statute with regard to employment discrimination prohibiting unlawful employment discrimination by public and private employers, labor organizations, training programs. Fair credit reporting act fcra fair labor standards act flsa family and medical leave act fmla national labor relations act nlra. Three sensitive areas of legal concern that managers must comply with are equal opportunity, affirmative action, and sexual harassment, described in the. Key publications in this collection include the united states code, the code of federal regulations cfrs, the federal register, and the congressional record bound and daily editions, plus united states reports and united.
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