TimeToast Legislation Acts Timeline by Garrett Seader , Felix Zimbron , Josh Ishmael , Kevin Blackmon
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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes. This act was signed into law by president rosevelt . -
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
The Fair labor standards act establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
This act was passed by the United States congress -
EQUAL PAY ACT
requires men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishes This act was signed by John F Kenedy . Without this act men and women would not get paid the same amount of money even if they did the same amount of work -
EMPLOYMENT RETIRMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.This act can be traced to President John F. Kennedy's creation of the President's Committee on Corporate Pension Plans in 1961. -
FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT
The Privacy Act of 1974 protects certain federal government records pertaining to individuals. In particular, the Act covers systems of records that an agency maintains and retrieves by an individual's name or other personal identifier -
DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT
The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires some Federal contractors and all Federal grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a precondition of receiving a contract or grant from a Federal agency.In 1988 congress passed the drug free workplace act . With out this act people would be allowed to bring their drugs to their workplace -
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT
On December 27, 1988, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) became law. This federal law established guidelines for polygraph testing and imposed restriction on most private employers. The following is a brief summary of the essential elements of the law
In 1988 the act was signed by the president -
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave
This act was passed by congress .
Without this act people would not be able to take off days at their jobs for faimily or medical emergencys without guarantee of being safe from being fired.
