Hryzantema

Employment Law

What Is Employment Law ?

Employment law regulates the relationship between employers and employees. It governs what employers can expect from employees, what employers can ask employees to do, and employees’ rights at work.

On these employment law topic pages below you’ll find information on the development of employment law, new and amended statutes and statutory rates, as well as resources covering the legal requirements, checks and processes involved in recruitment; the terms and conditions of employment; data protection; holidays, working hours and pay; health and safety regulations; maternity and parental rights; discrimination; discipline, grievance and dismissal procedures; whistleblowing; employment tribunals; TUPE; and redundancy.

HOW WE WORK

Major employment laws in the United States.

Minimum wage laws

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 sets a federal minimum wage.

Family and medical leave

The large employers must offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave.

Collective bargaining

Employees have a right to organize collective bargaining with an employer.

Safe working conditions

Employees have a right to safe working conditions and be protected from foreseeable hazards at work .

Overtime pay

An employer must pay time and half for any hours that an hourly employee works over 40 hours per week.

Employers can’t discriminate

Employers may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

NEWS

Get The Latest Insights
From The Industry.

Leadership training is a benefit

Leadership training may not seem be offered by every organization, but employees prize it. Millennials in particular consider…

What Diversity Looks Like in the Workplace

What is diversity? That’s a two pronged answer. There is inherent diversity. It involves traits a person is born with…

How To Make Learning

Are you too busy working to take time to learn? That’s the No. 1 reason…

TIME TO GET STARTED

Here to Help Your Every Business Need.

Spend less time doing HR tasks and focus on what matters. Together we translate HR into Business usefulness.

TIME TO GET STARTED

Here to Help Your Every Business Need.

Spend less time doing HR tasks and focus on what matters. Together we translate HR into Business usefulness.