Table of Contents
Overview
Which Laws Your Company Must Follow 4
Basic Compliance Tools 17
If You Need More Information 24
Updates 25
1 Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Overview of the ADEA 28
How the ADEA Is Enforced 39
Complying With the ADEA 40
Agency Resources 42
State Laws Relating to Age Discrimination 42
2 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
Overview of the ADA 44
How the ADA Is Enforced 61
Complying With the ADA 61
Agency Resources 62
State Laws Relating to Disability Discrimination 64
3 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Overview of COBRA 66
How COBRA Is Enforced 87
Complying With COBRA 87
Agency Resources 90
State Laws Relating to Health Coverage Continuation 91
4 Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
Overview of the EPPA 107
Major Provisions of the EPPA 112
How the EPPA Is Enforced 127
Complying With the EPPA 128
Agency Resources 131
State Laws Relating to Polygraph Tests 131
5 Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Overview of the EPA 138
How the EPA Is Enforced 145
Complying With the EPA 146
Agency Resources 148
State Laws Relating to Equal Pay 148
6 Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Overview of the FCRA 150
Major Provisions of the FCRA 155
How the FCRA Is Enforced 166
Agency Enforcement 166
Complying With the FCRA 166
Agency Resources 168
State Laws Relating to Credit Reporting 169
7 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Overview of the FLSA 172
Major Provisions of the FLSA 179
How the FLSA Is Enforced 191
Complying With the FLSA 193
Agency Resources 195
State Laws Relating to Wages and Hours 196
8 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Overview of the FMLA 216
MajorProvisions of the FMLA 221
How the FMLA Is Enforced 244
Complying With the FMLA 244
Agency Resources 247
State Laws Relating to Family and Medical Leave 248
9 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Overview of GINA 258
Major Provisions of GINA 261
How GINA Is Enforced 267
Complying With GINA 267
Agency Resources 268
State Laws Relating to Genetic Discrimination 268
10 The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
Overview of IRCA 270
Major Provisions of IRCA 276
How IRCA Is Enforced 284
Complying With IRCA 285
Agency Resources 287
State Laws Relating to Immigration 287
11 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Overview of the NLRA 290
Major Provisions of the NLRA 297
How the NLRA Is Enforced 309
Complying With the NLRA 310
Agency Resources 312
State Right-to-Work Laws 312
12 The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
Overview of the OSH Act 316
Major Provisions of the OSH Act 320
How the OSH Act Is Enforced 327
Complying With the OSH Act 328
Agency Resources 330
State Laws Relating to Occupational Safety and Health 331
13 Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
Overview of OWBPA 334
Major Provisions of OWBPA 338
How OWBPA Is Enforced 351
Complying With OWBPA 352
Agency Resources 352
State Laws Relating to Age Discrimination 353
14 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
Overview of PRWORA 356
How PRWORA Is Enforced 361
Complying With PRWORA 362
Agency Resources 363
State Laws Relating to New Hire Reporting 364
15 Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
Overview of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act 366
How the Pregnancy Discrimination Act Is Enforced 372
Complying With the Pregnancy Discrimination Act 372
Agency Resources 373
State Laws Relating to Pregnancy Discrimination 373
16 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
Overview of SOX 376
How SOX Is Enforced 384
Complying With SOX 386
Agency Resources 387
State Laws Relating to Whistleblowers 388
17 Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Section 1981)
Overview of Section 1981 390
How Section 1981 Is Enforced 397
Complying With Section 1981 398
State Laws Relating to Race Discrimination 399
18 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
Overview of Title VII 402
How Title VII Is Enforced 414
Complying With Title VII 415
Agency Resources 416
State Antidiscrimination Laws 417
19 Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
Overview of USERRA 432
Major Provisions of USERRA 438
How USERRA Is Enforced 450
Complying With USERRA 451
Agency Resources 452
State Laws Relating to Military Service 453
20 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
Overview of WARN 464
How WARN Is Enforced 473
Complying With WARN 474
Agency Resources 475
State Laws Relating to Plant Closings 475
A Appendix A Federal and State Agencies
Federal Agencies 486
State Agencies 490
B Appendix B SHRM and Nolo Resources
SHRM and Nolo Resources 502
SHRM Resources 502
Nolo Resources 506
Index