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General Employment Issues

Begin here to get detailed information on DOL regulations affecting a wide range of general employment issues. Use the resources on this page to find answers to your questions. Please note that elaws Advisors have not yet been built for every DOL law and regulation. Therefore, your issue may also be covered under laws not addressed by this site.

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A

Accident

Addiction

Adoption

Agricultural workers

Alcohol

Alcohol testing

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Apprenticeships

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B

Benefits

Bereavement

Birth

Blood

Breaks

Breath

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C

Cannabis

Chain of custody

Charitable work

Child care

Children

Cocaine

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)

Compensatory time

Complaints

Compliance

Confidentiality

Consultants

Contractors

Contributions

Controlled substance

Convalescence

Convictions

Crisis situations

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D

Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)

Death

Defined benefit

Department of Labor (DOL) laws

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Depressants

Disability

Disabled workers

Dispute resolution

Double time

Drug testing

Drug-free workplace

Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988

Drug-related convictions

Drugs

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E

Eldercare

Emergency

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee benefits

Employee contributions

Employee eligibility

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

Employee rights

Employer contributions

Employer-sponsored retirement plans

Employment laws

Employment Standards Administration (ESA)

Employment status

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Equal pay

Espanol

Exempt employees

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F

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Family emergency

Family leave

Farm workers

Federal contractor

Federal employment

Federal employment laws

Federal grantee

Federal minimum wage

Federal poster requirements

Fingerprinting

Firefighters

Firing

Fitness-for-duty

Follow-up drug testing

Foster care

Full-time student

Funeral

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G

Grandchildren

Grants

Group health plan

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H

Hair

Hallucinogens

Health condition

Health insurance

Hiring preferences

Holidays

Homeworkers

Hospital

Hours worked

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I

Illness

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

Industry wage rates

Inhalants

Injury

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Intervention

Investments

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K

Keogh plan

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L

Labor laws

Leave

Lectures

Loss of job

Lunch

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M

Mandatory drug testing

Marijuana

Maternity leave

Meals

Medical examinations

Medical leave

Medical treatment

Meetings

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)

Military

Minimum wage

Money Purchase Pension Plan

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N

Narcotics

National Guard

National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIDA-5

Nonexempt employee

Notification requirements

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O

Occupational injuries/illnesses

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP)

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs

Office parties

On-call

On-duty/Off-duty

Operation

Orientation

Over-the-counter drugs

Overtime

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P

Parental leave

Parents

Pay

Payroll Deduction IRA

Pensions

Periodic drug testing

Physical examinations

Positive drug test

Post-accident drug testing

Posters

Pre-duty drug testing

Pre-employment drug testing

Pregnancy

Prescription drugs

Profit sharing

Public sector employees

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R

Random drug testing

Reasonable suspicion drug testing

Recordkeeping

Recovery

Recuperation

Referral

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Reserves

Residing on employer’s premises

Retirement plans

Return-to-duty drug testing

Return-to-work agreement (RTWA)

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S

Safety

Saliva

Savings

Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers

Schools

Searches

Self-employed

Serious health condition

Service Contract Act (SCA)

Severance pay

Show-up time

Sick leave

Sick time

SIMPLE

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)

Sleep time

Small business laws

Small business pension options

Small business requirements

Spanish posters

State and local government employment

Stimulants

Student-learners

Subcontractors

Substance abuse

Summer jobs

Supervisor training

Surgery

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T

Teachers

Teenagers

Temporary employees

Termination

Time off

Timecard/Timesheet

Tipped employees

Trainees

Training

Travel

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U

Unpaid leave

Urine

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V

Vacation

Vested

Volunteers

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W

W-2 forms

Wage

Waiting time

Work hours

Work permit

Workers’ Compensation

Workplace posters

Workplace safety

Workplace substance abuse

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Y

Youth

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401(k)

 elaws Advisors



New FLSA Overtime Security Advisor
This Advisor helps employees and employers determine whether a particular employee is exempt from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. It specifically addresses employees in executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer-related occupations.

FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
This Advisor helps you to identify which of 23 Department of Labor employment laws may apply to your business or organization.


Wage & Hour Issues

Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Advisor
This Advisor helps you answer questions about employee eligibility under the Family & Medical Leave Act. It covers valid reasons for leave, employee/employer notification responsibilities and employee rights and benefits.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Advisor
This Advisor helps employees and employers answer questions on the Federal minimum wage, overtime, child labor and record keeping requirements.

FLSA Coverage & Employment Status Advisor
This Advisor helps determine if you are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

New FLSA Overtime Security Advisor
This Advisor helps employees and employers determine whether a particular employee is exempt from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. It specifically addresses employees in executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer-related occupations.

FLSA Hours Worked Advisor
This Advisor helps you determine which work-related activities are considered 'hours worked' under the Fair Labor Standards Act.


Workplace Poster Requirements

Poster Advisor
This Advisor helps you determine which workplace posters you are required to display at your place of business. You can download and print these posters directly from the Advisor.


Retirement & Health Benefits

Health Benefits Advisor
This Advisor helps you make informed decisions about your health benefits when facing life and work changes.

Small Business Retirement Savings Advisor
This Advisor reviews retirement savings options available and identifies which plan is most appropriate for your business.


Other Workplace Issues

Drug-Free Workplace Advisor
This Advisor explains how to establish an alcohol- and drug-free workplace and to comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.

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