The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws

by Sachi Clements J.D.

Overview

Quick answers to questions about 21 Key Employment Laws

This book explains, in plain English, the 21 most important federal employment laws that come up in the workplace. You can look up what each law allows and prohibits, which businesses must comply, and how to fulfill record-keeping, posting, and reporting requirements. Each chapter covers one law, including:

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Immigration Reform and Control Act
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act
• Equal Pay Act
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, and
• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)

This 8th edition covers numerous legal changes, such as a new salary threshold for exempt employees, new PWFA law requiring U.S. employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with limitations due to pregnancy or childbirth, higher fines and penalties for employers that fail to comply with IRCA, new federal laws protecting employees with sexual harassment or sexual assault claims, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413332551
Publisher:	NOLO
Publication date:	05/27/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sachi Clements is a legal editor at Nolo specializing in employment law and workers’ compensation law. Before joining Nolo, Sachi practiced law for several years in San Francisco, first representing injured plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits, then advising businesses on employment and corporate matters. Sachi received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Table of Contents

Overview 1. Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) 2. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) 3. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) 4. Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) 5. Equal Pay Act (EPA) 6. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 7. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 8. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 9. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 10. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) 11. National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 12. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) 13. Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) 14. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) 15. Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) 16. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) 17. Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Section 1981) 18. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) 19. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) 20. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) Appendixes A. Federal and State Agencies B. SHRM and Nolo Resources Index

What People are Saying About This

"Compliance sections in each chapter help employers understand what they must report, the records they must keep, and what penalties might befall them if they fail to comply." Library Journal"[This] clear, informative condensation of this vast and complex subject is probably the best available..." American Reference Books Annual
"A very thorough, very usable handbook for HR. " Attorney Maria Greco Danaher,Chair, Employment and Labor Law Group,Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC

Interviews

Navigating an employer’s obligations under federal employments laws can be confusing and overwhelming. The FMLA, ADA, FLSA, NLRA – it can be difficult just to keep the acronyms straight! This book will help managers, HR professionals, business owners, and others understand how the most important national employment laws work. It breaks down 20 key laws, chapter by chapter, and points out differences in state laws with 50-state charts.

Editorial Reviews

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Los Angeles Times

Author comment: "Navigating an employer’s obligations under federal employments laws can be confusing and overwhelming. The FMLA, ADA, FLSA, NLRA – it can be difficult just to keep the acronyms straight! This book will help managers, HR professionals, business owners, and others understand how the most important national employment laws work. It breaks down 20 key laws, chapter by chapter, and points out differences in state laws with 50-state charts."

"Compliance sections in each chapter help employers understand what they must report, the records they must keep, and what penalties might befall them if they fail to comply." Library Journal

"[This] clear, informative condensation of this vast and complex subject is probably the best available..." American Reference Books Annual

"A very thorough, very usable handbook for HR. " Attorney Maria Greco Danaher,Chair, Employment and Labor Law Group,Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC

"Guerin and Barreiro present readers with a comprehensive examination of twenty key federal employment laws. Over twenty chapters, the authors cover twenty laws. Each chapter is devoted to one law. Laws examined include the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Equal Pay Act, and many others. Lisa Guerin and Sachi Barreiro are both former attorneys now devoting their time to writing legal texts." Eithne O'Leyne Editor, ProtoView

From the Publisher

[This] clear, informative condensation of this vast and complex subject is probably the best available...

American Reference Books Annual