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Age Discrimination in Employment Act This law prohibits discrimination against older workers.

American with Disabilities Act This law prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities.

COBRA This law requires most employers to offer group health continuation coverage rights to persons whose insurance would otherwise end due to a "qualifying event."

Consumer Credit Protection Act This law prohibits judgement creditors form taking more than 25% of your net earnings through a wage garnishment to satisfy a debt.

Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards This law states that employees covered by the Davis-Bacon Act or employed on construction projects financed by the federal government must be paid overtime and provided with a safe and healthy work environment.

Copeland “Anti-Kickback" Act This law prohibits government contractors and subcontractors from forcing employees to give back part of their compensation, a measure to ensure that they receive their full wages.

Davis-Bacon Act This law requires the payment of minimum wages and fringe benefits –“prevailing wages” – to laborers and mechanics who are employed on federal public works contracts exceeding $2,000.

Drug-Free Workplace Act This law requires businesses holding government contracts of $25,000 or more to establish drug education and awareness programs for their workers in an effort to maintain a drug-free workplace.

Employee Polygraph Protection Act This law regulates the use of lie detector and other types of electronic “honesty tests” as a condition of hiring or as a basis for employment decisions.

Employee Retirement Income Security Act This law is designed to protect the rights of employees and the security of their retirement benefits.

Equal Pay Act This law prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who are performing under similar working conditions.

Executive Order 11246 This law prohibits federal government contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Fair Credit Reporting Act This law regulates the use of credit reports to investigate workers or job applicants.

Fair Labor Standards Act This law defines the 40-hour workweek, covers the federal minimum wage, sets requirements for overtime and recordkeeping, and places restrictions on child labor.

Family and Medical Leave Act This law requires that an employer provide leaves of absence for the birth or adoption of a child, for the care of a seriously ill family member or for an employee’s own serious health condition.

HIPAA This law protects the health coverage of people who switch from one job to another or who leave their jobs without taking another job.

Immigration Reform and Control Act This law prohibits the employment of illegal aliens and requires employers to verify the legal status and right to work of all new hires.

McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act This law establishes standards for minimum compensation, fringe benefits, safety and health protection of employees performing work for contractors and subcontractors on service contracts in excess of $2,500.

National Labor Relations Act This law encourages the practice of collective bargaining by protecting workers’ freedom of association and self-organization.

Occupational Safety and Health Act This law requires employers to maintain a workplace that is free of hazards.

Rehabilitation Act This law is designed to promote the employment of otherwise qualified but handicapped individuals and to prevent discrimination against them.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act This law prohibits employers from discriminating against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

USERRA This law prohibits discrimination against persons on their service in any uniformed service and applies to public and private employers.

VEVRAA This law requires federal government contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment qualified disabled war veterans, including Vietnam-era veterans.

Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act This law requires the payment of minimum wages and overtime to employees who work for companies with government contracts exceeding $10,000.

WARN This law provides for mandatory notices of plant closings and mass layoffs.

Workers’ Compensation This law is an employer-financed, no-fault insurance program that compensates employees who have been disabled because of a work-related injury or accident.

WHCRA This law contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy.