Federal Labor Laws

Federal Labor Laws by Number of Employees

1-14 Employees

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938)
• Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA) (1986)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988)
• Uniformed Services Employment & Re-employment Rights Act of 1994
• Equal Pay Act of 1963
• Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 1935
• Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley) 1947
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 1974 (if company offers benefits)
• Uniform Guidelines of Employee Selection Procedures (1978)
• Federal Insurance Contribution’s Act of 1935 (FICA) (Social Security)

11-14 Employees additional law applies

• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) (1970)

15-19 Employees additional laws apply

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1991
• Title I, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA)

20-49 Employees additional laws apply

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) (ADEA)
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)

50+ Employees additional laws apply

• Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA
• EEO-1 Report filed annually w/EEOC if Organization is a Federal Contractor

100+ Employees additional laws apply

• Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act of 1989 (WARN)
• EEO-1 Report filed annually w/EEOC if Organization is not a Federal Contractor

Federal Contractors additional laws apply

• Executive Orders 11246 (1965), 11375 (1967), 11478 (1969)
• Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988
• Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974
• Davis Bacon Act of 1931
• Copeland Act of 1934
• Walsh-Healy Act of 1936

Source: SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)