Contents

Preface

Overview

Wages and Hours of Work

• Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay
• Wage Garnishment
• Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
• Child Labor (Nonagricultural Work)

Safety and Health Standards

• Occupational Safety and Health
• Mine Safety and Health

Health Benefits and Retirement Standards

• Employee Benefit Plans
• Black Lung Compensation
• Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation

Other Workplace Standards

• Family and Medical Leave
• Lie Detector Tests
• Whistleblower Protection
• Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs
• Union Members
• Uniformed Service Members

Work Authorization for Non-U.S. Citizens

• Authorized Workers
• Temporary Agricultural Workers (H-2A Visas)
• Temporary Nonagricultural Workers (H-2B Visas)
• Workers in Professional and Specialty Occupations (H-1B and H-1B1 Visas)
• Immigration for Workers Obtaining Permanent Employment in the United States
• Crewmembers (D-1 Visas)

Federal Contracts: Wages, Hours of Work, and Fringe Benefits Working Conditions

• Wages in Supply and Equipment Contracts
• Prevailing Wages in Service Contracts
• Prevailing Wages in Construction Contracts
• Hours and Safety Standards in Construction Contracts
• "Kickbacks" in Federally Funded Construction (Copeland Act)
• Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues

Federal Contracts: Equal Opportunity

• Employment Discrimination and Equal Opportunity in Supply and Service Contracts (Executive Order 11246)
• Employment Discrimination in Construction Contracts (Executive Order 11246)
• Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities
• Employment Discrimination and Equal Opportunity for Certain Veterans Who Served on Active Duty and Special Disabled Veterans

Index of Acts by Specific Industry

Agriculture

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
• Authorized Workers (Non-U.S. Citizens)
• Temporary Agricultural Workers (H-2A Visas)
• Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

Mining

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• Black Lung Compensation

Construction

• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
• Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts
• Copeland Act ("Kickbacks" in Federally Funded Construction)
• Executive Order 11246 (Employment Discrimination in Construction Contracts)

Transportation

• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)

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U.S. Department of Labor (2005)