Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Employment Laws Articles

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Forty-two million American workers and retirees can rest assured that they have a guaranteed pension for life even if their employer goes out of business or their pension plan runs out of assets. They are covered by defined benefit pension plans ...
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What Should Be Included In Your Personnel Handbook

Employee handbooks are one way that companies can better structure their workforce and workflow. Along with a company's internal policies and procedures, a personnel handbook should also address other basic rules and guidelines. With this article, FindLaw addresses some of these crucial elements in more detail.

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Retaliation Lawsuits Can Bring Surprising Results

If an employee complains about his employer's conduct, and the conduct isn't actually unlawful, may the employee still have a viable claim for discrimination? Under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the answer is "yes." Read this article to learn more about how this would play out in the world of litigation.

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Injured On the Job: Your Workers’ Compensation Rights in Georgia

Few Georgia workers realize the valuable rights they have under workers' compensation laws of Georgia. Most know that their employers should pay their medical bills if they are injured on the job, but almost all wait until they have actually ...
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Workers’ Compensation Law: Review of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1997-1998 Term

The consensus that usually prevails when the New Jersey Supreme Court decides workers' compensation claims was shattered this term when the Court dealt with an issue that could affect the ongoing school funding controversy. Justice O'Hern, writing ...
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How to Protect Your Rights under the FELA

The paper has been designed to assist railroad workers injured in the course of their work in protecting their rights under the FELA. The Federal Employers Liability Act, commonly known as FELA, governs the liability of every railroad for the ...
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Complying With the Family and Medical Leave Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which went into effect on August5, 1993, provides that an employee in a company with at least 50 employees within 75 miles of that employee's worksite may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in certain situations. Learn more about complying with the Family and Medical Leave Act.

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OSHA Inspections: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has amended several of its standards, including those dealing with respiratory protection, confined space entry, and forklift operator training. Learn more about these changes in this article.

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California Federal Court Further Limit Arbitration of Employment Claims

California Federal Court Further Limits Arbitration of Employment Claims. Find out more about this topic, read articles and blogs or research legal issues, cases, and codes on FindLaw.com.

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Employment Termination in Pennsylvania

Most Pennsylvania employment relationships in the private sector are considered legally to be "at-will" relationships. Learn more about at-will employment relationships in this article.

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