Employment law

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For federal employment law that prohibits discrimination, visit EEOC page with links to employment law topics.

This site is about employment law, including laws about work place discrimination. For questions about injuries including work place injury accidents, see personal injury attorney.

For business, the Department of Labor has “elaws Advisors” that ask questions and give answers based on responses given. For information about major federal employment laws that apply to your business, you can go to the FirstStep Employment Law Advisor.

Workplace safety is guaranteed by a federal statute protecting the health and safety of workers in the workplace. The statute is called the Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA).

For on the job injury, employees are protected by the workers compensation laws. In addition, some states have employer liabiity laws if the workplace was dangerous.

Retirement plans may be covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a federal statute, with minimum standards for private business pension plans, and legal claims for employee plan participants and their beneficiaries.