DAVIS-BACON ACT & RELATED ACTS 1931
established prevailing wage and benefit requiements for contractors on federally funded construction projects
COPELAND "ANTI-KICKBACK" ACT 1934
prohibits federal contractors from receiving kickbacks from employees or subcontractors for wages earned on federal projects
WALSH-HEALEY ACT 1936
extended the concept of prevailing wage to employers who manufacture or supply goods under government contracts and required time and a half
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT1965
extended prevailing wage rate and benefit requirements to employers providing services under federal government contracts
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) 1938
aka "wage and hour law" - regulates employee status, overtime pay, child labor, minimum wage, record keeping, and other administrative concerns
PORTAL-TO-PORTAL ACT 1947
defines general rules for hours worked
EQUAL PAY ACT (EPA) 1963
prohibits wayge discrimination by requiring equal pay for equal work
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT (ADEA) 1967
determined that older workers may not be discriminated against by performance-based pay systems
WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT (WOTC)
tax credit to encourage employers to hire people from targeted groups
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA) 1974
established uniform minimum standards for employer-sponsored retirement and health and welfare benefit programs
RETIREMENT EQUITY ACT (REA)1984
provided certain legal protections for spousal beneficiaries of qualified retirement plans
CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA) 1985
provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) 1996
made changes to improve health-care coverage portability and accessibility and provide medical record privacy and security
OLDER WORKER'S BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT (OWBPA) 1990
amended ADEA to include all employee benefits; also provided terminated employees with time to consider group termination or retirement programs and consult an attorney
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS (UCA) 1992
imposed a mandatory 20% federal income tax withholding requirement on most qualified retirement plan proceeds that a recipient does not roll over into another qualified retirement plan or individual retirement account
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) 1993
provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for family members or because of a serious health condition of the employee
UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA 1994
protects employment, reemployment, and retention rights for persons who voluntarily or involuntarily serve or have served in the uniformed services
MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT (MHPA) 1996
addresses parity between mental health benefits and medical benefits
GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA) 2007
prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their genetic information in both employment and health care
PENSON PROTECTION ACT 2006
changes the laws that affect defined benefit plans, defined contributions plans, individual retirement accounts, and other issues related to retirement planning
REVENUE ACT 1978
added sections 123 and 401(k) to the tax code
TAX REFORM ACT 1986
made significant changes in employee benefit programs especially retirement plans
OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (OBRA) 1993
reduced compensation limits in qualified retirement programs
SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION ACT (SBJPA) 1996
changed rules regarding the ability of tax-exempt organizations to institute retirement plans modeled after 401(k) and IRA accounts and to the definition of highly compensated employees
TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT (TRA) 1997
created tax advantaged savings mechanisms
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT (EGTRRA) 2001
adjusts minimum wage vesting schedules, increases compensation and contribution limits, permits catch-up contributions by participants age 50 or older in certain retirement plan, and modifies distribution and rollover rules
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 1934
regulated "insider trading
SURBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX) 2002
requires administrators of defined contribution plansto provide notice of covered blackout periods; provides whistleblower protection for employees