Note 5 retrouvez federal labor laws 2008 et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. The us department of labor dol administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws these mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 150 million workers and 10 million workplaces following is a brief description of many of dols principal statutes most commonly applicable to businesses job seekers workers retirees contractors and . United states labor law sets the rights and duties for employees labor unions and employers in the united states labor laws basic aim is to remedy the inequality of bargaining power between employees and employers especially employers organized in the corporate or other forms of ownership associationover the 20th century federal law created minimum social and economic rights and . Significant federal employment and labor laws the fair labor standards act determines the federal minimum wage and overtime pay of one and one half times the regular rate of pay it also regulates child labor limiting the number of hours that minors can work some us states have a higher minimum wage and different overtime and child labor legislation in those locations state law would apply. Many state laws have more protections for nursing mothers than federal law requires state labor offices enforce these laws filing a lawsuit if youre a victim of job discrimination or harassment you can file a lawsuit if the discrimination violates federal law you must first file a charge with the eeoc this doesnt apply to cases of unequal pay between men and women you may decide to