The Black Lung Benefits Act provides monthly cash payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis "black lung disease" arising from their employment in the nation's coal mines.
The statute also provides monthly benefits to a deceased miner's survivors if the miner's death was due to black lung disease. Title I of ERISA is administered by the Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA and imposes a wide range of fiduciary, disclosure and reporting requirements on fiduciaries of pension and welfare benefit plans and on others having dealings with these plans. These provisions preempt many similar state laws. Under Title IV, certain employers and plan administrators must fund an insurance system to protect certain kinds of retirement benefits, with premiums paid to the federal government's Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act deals with the relationship between a union and its members. It protects union funds and promotes union democracy by requiring labor organizations to file annual financial reports, by requiring union officials, employers, and labor consultants to file reports regarding certain labor relations practices, and by establishing standards for the election of union officers.
The act is administered by the Office of Labor-Management Standards. Most labor and public safety laws and many environmental laws mandate whistleblower protections for employees who complain about violations of the law by their employers. Remedies can include job reinstatement and payment of back wages. OSHA enforces the whistleblower protections in most laws. Certain persons who serve in the armed forces have a right to reemployment with the employer they were with when they entered service.
This includes those called up from the reserves or National Guard. These rights are administered by the Veterans' Employment and Training Service. This law bars most employers from using lie detectors on employees, but permits polygraph tests only in limited circumstances.
It is administered by the Wage and Hour Division. Garnishment of employee wages by employers is regulated under the Consumer Credit Protection Act which is administered by the Wage and Hour Division. Administered by the Wage and Hour Division , the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA requires employers of 50 or more employees to give up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious illness of the employee or a spouse, child or parent.
Those are agreements between an employer and employee. However, the government offers "Interpretive Guidance" towards such agreements, which changes depending on the geography, nature of the work, and other job factors.
The page also includes E-tools to help employers calculate overtime pay. The same rules do not always apply to minors. For more information on minor specific hours and wage restrictions, visit our Child Labor Laws document. Some industries and professions are more suited to overtime work, and such employers and employees are exempt from FLSA.
Working time directive Topics: Getting started. Working Time Regulations The Working Time Regulations govern the hours most workers can work and sets limits on an average working week, statutory entitlement to paid leave, entitlement to rest breaks and annual leave, limits on the normal hours of night work and entitlement to worker health assessments. HSENI has responsibility only for the enforcement of the maximum weekly working time limit night work limits health assessments for night workers The following list outlines aspects of work which can be enforced through Employment Tribunals and not HSENI : time off rest breaks within shifts rest breaks between shifts and paid annual leave entitlement Maximum weekly working time limit A limit of an average of 48 hours averaged over a period of 17 weeks can be worked although individuals may choose to work longer by opting out.
Different rules apply to workers in road, sea and air transport. Your working hours cannot be averaged out if you are under Case law Case law on working time Selected cases on working time, including on-call working, travelling time, and opt-out agreements.
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