| Disabilities-Related Pre-Employment Screening |
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| The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was passed to protect most American workers from discrimination on the basis of disabilities. Under the ADA, employers may not deny employment to or take adverse employment action against disabled employees who can perform the essential functions of their jobs with reasonable accommodation. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is tasked with enforcing the ADA.More... |
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| Department of Labor Alien Labor Certification Overview |
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| BackgroundMore... |
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| Distinctions Between Employees and Independent Contractors |
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| BackgroundMore... |
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| Agricultural Child Labor Restrictions under the |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act)More... |
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| Unemployment Benefits - Protest -- Disqualification |
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| The most frequent reasons for protest are those involving a protest against the payment of unemployment benefits chargeable against the employer because the claimant either voluntarily quit his employment or he was discharged for misconduct connected with his work. In regard to these bases of protests, the employer is in a unique position to know the facts because the employer was involved in the circumstances surrounding the discharge at the time it occurred and also because the facts will have occurred prior to the separation from the employer's employment of the claimant. Several other bases of protest (such as available to work and actively seeking work) are all items which may transpire subsequent to the date of separation from the employment and the circumstances of them may not even be within the knowledge of the employer.More... |
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