Government Compliance Update

Federal labor laws applicable based on company size

1-14 Employees

• Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988)
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 1974 (if company offers benefits)
• Equal Pay Act of 1963
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938) (Major revisions in 2004)
• Federal Insurance Contributions Act of 1935 (PICA) (Social Security)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HJIPAA) of 1996 (if company offers benefits)
• Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA) (1986)
• Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley) 1947
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 1935
• Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• Uniform Guidelines of Employee Selection Procedures (1978)
• Uniformed Services Employment & Re-employment Rights Act of 1994

11-14, add

• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) (1970) (maintain record of job related injuries and illnesses)

15-19, add

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1991
• Title I, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA)

20-49, add

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) (ADEA)
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)

50 or more, add

• Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
• EEO-1 Report filed annually w/EEOC if organization is a federal contractor

100 or more, add

• Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN)
• EEO-1 Report filed annually w/EEOC if organization is not a federal contractor