Human Resource Policies

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Human Resource Policies Federal Legislation
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Human Resources

• http//www.uidaho.edu/hrs/
• Family Medical Leave
• Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage Hour)
• Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Family Educational Rights Privacy Act

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Family Medical Leave Act

• Covered employers must grant an eligible employee
  up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave
  during any 12-month period for one or more of the
  following reasons
• for the birth and care of the newborn child of
  the employee
• for placement with the employee of a son or
  daughter for adoption or foster care
• to care for an immediate family member (spouse,
  child, or parent) with a serious health
  condition or
• to take medical leave when the employee is unable
  to work because of a serious health condition.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

• The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), also known
  as the federal wage and hour law, regulates
  minimum wage, overtime, equal pay, recordkeeping,
  and child labor for employees of enterprises
  engaged in interstate or foreign commerce and
  employees of state and local governments. It is
  enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the
  U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

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Equal Opportunity Employment Commission

• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  regulates the guidelines in preventing
  discrimination on any basis other than job
  qualifications.
• Types of Discrimination
• Age Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination
• Equal Pay and Compensation Discrimination
• National Origin Discrimination
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Race-Based Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Sex-Based Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• http//www.eeoc.gov/abouteeo/overview_laws.html

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Americans with Disabilities Act

• The ADA recognizes and protects the civil rights
  of people with disabilities and is modeled after
  earlier landmark laws prohibiting discrimination
  on the basis of race and gender. The ADA covers a
  wide range of disability, from physical
  conditions affecting mobility, stamina, sight,
  hearing, and speech to conditions such as
  emotional illness and learning disorders. The ADA
  addresses access to the workplace (title I),
  State and local government services (title II),
  and places of public accommodation and commercial
  facilities (title III). It also requires phone
  companies to provide telecommunications relay
  services for people who have hearing or speech
  impairments (title IV) and miscellaneous
  instructions to Federal agencies that enforce the
  law (title V). Regulations issued under the
  different titles by various Federal agencies set
  requirements and establish enforcement
  procedures. To understand and comply with the
  ADA, it is important to follow the appropriate
  regulations.

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Family Educational Rights Privacy Act

• FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy
  of student education records. The law applies to
  all schools that receive funds under an
  applicable program of the U.S. Department of
  Education.
• FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect
  to their children's education records. These
  rights transfer to the student when he or she
  reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond
  the high school level. Students to whom the
  rights have transferred are "eligible students."