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  • SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

    Social Security Act' A law enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.

  • EQUAL PAY ACT

    The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States federal law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex

  • ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

    The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 is a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation. The act aims to provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats.

  • The Privacy Act

    The Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub.L. 93–579, 88 Stat. 1896, enacted December 31, 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a), a United States federal law, establishes a Code of Fair Information Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintained in ..

  • RESOURCE RECOVERY AND CONSERVATION ACT

    The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.

  • CLEAN AIR ACT

    The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources

  • FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

    A United States law which sets out various labor regulations regarding interstate commerce employment, including minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay and limitations on child labor. In general, the FLSA is intended to protect workers against certain unfair pay practices or work regulations.

  • EMPLOYMENT RETIRMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT

    The Employee Retirement Income Security Act or ERISA is a Federal law that sets standards of protection for individuals in most voluntarily established, private-sector retirement plans.

  • CLEAN WATER ACT

    The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.

  • DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT

    The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. 81) is an act of the United States which requires some Federal contractors and all Federal grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a precondition of receiving a contract or grant from a Federal agency.

  • EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT

    The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) is a United States federal law that generally prevents employers from using polygraph (lie detector) tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.

  • FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

    The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a United States federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons.