TimeToast Legislation Acts Timeline

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  • SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

    1) federal government
    2) to provide security.
    3) To protect individuals from unforeseen catastrophes, the government spreads certain risks among all members of society so that no single family bears the full burden of such occurrences.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act
    1) Created by:
    - U.S. Congress
    2) prescribes standards for the basic minimum wage and overtime pay
    3) Affects most private and public employment

  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act
    1) John F. Kennedy
    2) The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment.
    3) there would be no equality between the wages of men and women in the workforce

  • Employment Retirement Income Security Act

    Employment Retirement Income Security Act
    1) President Ford
    2) protects the retirement assets of Americans by implementing rules that qualifies plans must follow to ensure that plan fiduciaries do not misues plan assets.
    3) Gives participants the right to sue for benefits and breaches of fiduciary duty.

  • Federal Privacy Act

    Federal Privacy Act
    1) federal government
    2) protects certain federal government records pertaining to individuals.
    3) the Act covers systems of records that an agency maintains and retrieves by an individual's name or other personal identifier

  • Drug-Free Workplace Act

    Drug-Free Workplace Act
    1) federal government
    2) federal contractors and all federal grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a condition of receiving a contract or grant from a federal agency.
    3) you will need to determine coverage for each federal contract or grant you have,

  • EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT

    EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT
    1) U.S. Department of Labor
    2) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) generally prevents employers from using lie detector tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.
    3) Employers generally may not require or request any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, or discharge, discipline, or discriminate against an employee or job applicant for refusing to take a test or for exercising other rights under the Ac

  • Family And Medical Leave Act

    Family And Medical Leave Act
    1) U.S. Department of Labor
    2) provide eligible employees up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave a year.
    3) to help emplyees balance family life and work