LOS ANGELES
EMPLOYMENT LAW OVERVIEW
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Employment law covers an extensive range of employer-employee
relations that controls how employers must treat employees
and consists of thousands of federal and state laws,
administrative regulations, and judicial decisions.
Minimum wage regulations, insurance, child labor,
workspace safety, and sexual harassment are only a
few of the many areas of law comprised within Los
Angeles employment law.
The following are explanations of select subjects
included in Los Angeles employment law:
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
(Covered in Employment Law)
Occurs in two different scenarios: the first is where
an employer subjects an employee in his/her work environment
to unwelcome verbal or physical sexual behavior, or
other abusive behavior directed disproportionately
against women, that is either severe or pervasive.
This is known as Hostile-work environment sexual harassment.
The other scenario occurs when an employee is required
to submit to unwelcome sexual conduct as a condition
of his or her job, or in order to gain some job benefit.
This is known as Quid pro quo sexual harassment.
WORKPLACE SAFETY
(Covered in Employment Law)
The main statute protecting the health and safety
of workers in the workplace is the Occupational and
Safety Health Act (OSHA). Congress enacted this legislation
under its Constitutional grant of authority to regulate
interstate commerce. OSHA requires the Secretary of
Labor to promulgate regulations and safety and health
standards to protect employees and their families.
Every private employer who engages in interstate commerce
is subject to the regulations promulgated under OSHA.
Under OSHA states are not allowed, without permission
of the Secretary of Labor, to promulgate any laws
that regulate an area directly covered by OSHA regulations.
They may, however, regulate in areas not governed
by federal OSHA regulations. If they wish to regulate
areas covered by OSHA regulations they must submit
a plan for federal approval. The amount of state regulation
varies greatly. California is an example of a state
that has chosen to adopt many of its own regulations
in place of those promulgated under OSHA.
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