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Social Security Act
The Administration proposal was transmitted to the Congress on January 17, 1935 and it was introduced that same day in the Senate by Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY) and in the House by Congressman Robert Doughton (D-NC) and David Lewis (D-MD).The act created a uniquely American solution to the problem of old-age pensions. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
This act was sighned Franklin D. Roosevelt. In its final form, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented only about one-fifth of the labor force. In these industries, it banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum workweek at 44 hours. -
Equal Pay Act
A federal law, the Equal Pay Act (EPA), requires employers to pay men and women equally for doing the same work -- equal pay for equal work. The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act and can be found at 29 U.S.C. § 206.
Although the Equal Pay Act protects both women and men from sex discrimination in pay rates, it was passed to help rectify the wage disparity experienced by women workers, and in practice, this law has almost always been applied to situa -
Employment Retirement Income Security Act
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for pension plans in private industry. ERISA does not require any employer to establish a pension plan. It only requires that those who establish plans must meet certain minimum standards. The law generally does not specify how much money a participant must be paid as a benefit. ERISA requires plans to regularly provide participants with information about the plan including information about -
Federal Privacy Act
The Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, was created in response to concerns about how the creation and use of computerized databases might impact individuals' privacy rights. It safeguards privacy through creating four procedural and substantive rights in personal data. First, it requires government agencies to show an individual any records kept on him or her. Second, it requires agencies to follow certain principles, called "fair information practices," when gathering and handling personal -
Employment Employee Polygraph Protection Act
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) generally prevents employers from using lie detector tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions. Employers generally may not require or request any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, or discharge, discipline, or discriminate against an employee or job applicant for refusing to take a test or for exercising other rights under the Act. -
Drug-Free Workplace Act
The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 was passed by the U.S. Congress in the autumn of 1988 and became effective March 18, 1989. The following policy is adopted to comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and rules issued by the Department of Defense. It is the policy of Weber State University to maintain a drug-free workplace. Employees are required to report to work fit to perform their duties in a safe and efficient manner. Weber State University interprets "employees" in the broadest se -
Family and Medical Leave Act
An Act
To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was passed by Congress to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families, to promote the stability and economic security of families, and to promote national interests in preserving family integrity; to minimize the potential for employment discrimination on t
