Employment Law in the United States
Employment law is a broad area encompassing all areas of the employer/employee relationship except the negotiation process covered by labor law and collective bargaining. See,
Labor Law &
Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. Employment law consists of thousands of Federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions. Many employment laws (e.g., minimum wage regulations) were enacted as protective labor legislation. Other employment laws take the form of public insurance, such as unemployment compensation.
Specific areas within the broad category of employment law covered under their own topical entries include:
- Collective bargaining
- Employment discrimination
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Unemployment compensation
- Pensions
- Workplace safety
- Worker's compensation
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