7.2 – Assignment: Federal Labor and Employment Laws Research

The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) identifies major employment laws likely to apply to your business. Employers or prospective employers can access the website to answer a series of questions concerning to a business and its employees. The questions establish a profile of your business based on an evaluation of responses. Once you complete these questions, a list of applicable laws will be generated. To answer the questions, Sally has presented you with a profile of the company:

Sally indicates that she does not know which federal laws would apply to the business. The nature of the business is accommodation and food services. There will be between 50 and 99 employees, with more than 50 employees working within a 75-mile radius of the restaurant. We will hire employees with disabilities certified by the Department of Labor (DOL). We will also hire foreign workers with Permanent Employment (Permanent Alien Employment) Certifications.

The restaurant will not be working with a labor organization or labor relations consultant, and we will not have any arrangements to organize, bargain collectively, or form unions.

We have a pension plan, and we offer our employees a health benefits plan.

The restaurant ownership currently has a federally assisted contract valued at over $100,000. The nature of the contract is the delivery of federal services, and the contract does not have any specified clauses.

Note: If Sally has not provided all of the requested information, you may improvise to complete the questions.

Assignment Details

1. Visit the United States Department of Labor (USDOL)Links to an external site. website, enter the information from Sally’s company profile, and download the employment and labor laws listed in the search. The law advisor will produce a list of significant employment laws administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) likely to apply to your business or organization. Download (or copy) the lists and submit them.
2. Review and answer the Scavenger Hunt (DOCX) Download Scavenger Hunt (DOCX)questions. Please note that “yes” or “no” answers, keywords without explanation, one-sentence or incomplete sentences are not acceptable as a response. Responses should be fully developed and incorporate the question in the response.

Submission Instructions

Upload the following documents:

• A copy of the list of significant employment laws
• Scavenger Hunt