SPHR Study Guide

Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) - Coal Miners disabled pneumoconiosis Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) - Can't fire garnished employees and limits garnishments Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) - Fed construction projects 100K time and a half prohibits hazardous conditions Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act - Ded contractors & subs construction or repair not allowed to make kicking back part of pay condition for hiring Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) - Contractors & subs 2k prevailing wage & fringe benefits Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) - The Man can't make you take a lie detector test Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) - Minimum standards for pension plans in private industry, only requires that those who establish plans must meet certain minimum standards Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - DOE, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Executive Order 11246 (E.O 11246) - Prohibits discrimination in federal, etc. construction projects 10K Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - Prescribes standards for the basic minimum wage and overtime pay/restricts the hours that children under age 16 can work/required fed minimum wage Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) - Provides federal employees injured in the performance of duty with workers compensation benefits provides survivor benefits to eligible dependents if the injury causes the employee's death