Labor Laws

Throughout the United States there are tons of labor laws regulating employees. Labor laws are also called compliance assistance.


The Department of Labor or DOL has created different laws that help maintain safe environments and enjoyable workplaces. They list all there laws here(click). Here are a few of them:


The Fair Labor Standards Act has to deal with private and public employment. You are effected by this act because it has to do with laws prohibiting children for working long hours and preventing them for getting paid unfair wages. This act requires employers to pay at least minimum wage and overtime wages fairly and promptly.

The Federal Employee's Compensation Act helps injured or disabled employees who were hurt on the job. It also provides survivor benefits for family members of employees who have passed. This act includes the SHARE Initiative(Safety, Health, and Return-to-Employment) and injury compensation for employees.

For more information on The Department of Labor visit http://www.dol.gov/index.htm