Employment Authorization Document (EAD) (commonly known as a work permit) is a document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that allows certain aliens to work legally in the U.S. for the time period in which the EAD is valid.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, www.uscis.gov
Employment discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, and age by employers.
The employment-at-will doctrine is an employment law practice in which an employer and employee agree there is no set period of employment. Additionally, the employment may be terminated either by employer or employee at any time and for almost any reason.
Entry is an act of going in. Some common uses of the term “entry” in a legal sense include:
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a federal statute, delineates minimum standards for the administration of private industry's pension plans and establishes the impact that federal income taxes will have on transactions associated with the management of s
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal statute passed as part of the New Deal that regulates the hours, wages, and working conditions of employees and prohibits child labor under the majority of circumstances. The Fair Labor Standards Act is codified at 29 U.S.C §§201-219.
The Federal Tort Claims Act, also known as the FTCA, is a federal statute which authorizes private tort actions against the United States where, if the United States were a private person, it would be liable to the claimant according to the law of the place where a particular act or omission occurred.
Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) was the bill passed in 1939 that established a payroll tax to fund unemployment benefits. The tax is 6% of the first $7,000 that each employee makes in a year, and the employer is responsible for all of the tax unlike similar payroll taxes. For example, if XYZ Co. paid Tina $20,000, Jerry $7,000, and Patricia $5,000 last year, XYZ Co.
