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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Employment regulations derive from laws passed by Congress, state legislatures, and local governing bodies as well as executive orders.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">These regulations commonly focus on fair treatment of people in the workplace.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Nearly all employment laws can be categorized into 4 areas of the regulatory environment.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Let's take a look at each of these four areas.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Equal Employment Opportunity laws prohibit specific types of job discrimination in the workplace. The EEOC oversees compliance.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Second, additional laws control compensation through Federal, State and Local government regulation.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Third, Employee Safety and Health laws keep employees free from harm, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Finally, the Wagner Act, the Taft-Hartley Act, and the Landrum-Griffin Act constitute the core of U.S. labor law, known as the National Labor Code.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">These four categories of employment law help frame the regulatory environment.</font> | |