| ADA | Americans with Disability Act (for employers with 15 or more employees) Prohibits Employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees or applicants with disabilities. The law also requires every kind of establishment to be accessible to and usable by people with disabilities. ADA Online |
| COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (affecting employers with 20 or more employees that provide medical insurance. Penalty $100 per day). COBRA Online |
| Cal-COBRA | California version of COBRA law for employers with 2-19 employees that provide medical insurance. Carriers are supposed to be responsible for the administration. So check with each carrier as to its position and procedures. Cal-COBRA Online |
| Drug Free Work Place | Employers with 25 or more employees you must provide for a drug free Work-place act passed 1988. DFWP Online |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (800-669-4000) EEOC Online |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act affects companies with one or more employees, if providing employee benefits (penalty $100 per day) must have summary plan description. ERISA Online |
| Ergonomic | Employers with 10 or more employees and to implement a program to reduce and minimize repetitive medical injuries. Ergo's Online |
| FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act affects employers with 50 or more employees. Employers to provide 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave per year for employees. The leave applies to the following conditions: the employee's own serious health condition; care of a newborn child; placement of a newly adopted or foster child, care of the employee's seriously ill child, spouse or parent. FMLA Online |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was put in place to provide increased access and portability of health insurance coverage to those who need it. It guides both employees and employers with respect to provisions in the area of pre-existing condition exclusions HIPAA Online |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (U.S. Department of Labor) Consultation Service using a free consultation service largely funded by OSHA and Cal-OSHA. Employers can find out about potential hazards at their work sites, improve their occupational safety and health management systems, and even quality for a one-year exemption from routine OSHA inspections. It is confidential, too. OHSA Log 200 must be kept up. |
| SB 198 | California Senate Bill promoting employee safety by demanding businesses to follow and develop an injury and illness prevention plan. (California title 8). Model Plan Outline |
| Safety Posting |
Federal & State Law mandates businesses post the law covering employee's rights in the work place. There are over 16 different posting required. Posters Online |
| Workers Comp | The coordination of workers comp coverage information. Calif. WC Online or Appeals Board |
