Labor Law Links
Prepared by: Jaime Lee (J.D. 2002), Amy Coats Weisberg (J.D. 2002), and Julia Bahn (Legal Intern, College of Ag) under supervision of Jane Rigler, Professor of Law

• Verification with the Social Security Administration
• W-2's and the Social Security Administration
• Reporting New Hires, PA New Hire Reporting Program
• Reasons Behind the Hiring Requirement, A Letter to PA Employers
• Do Your Employees Need to be Registered as "Food Employees?"

Ongoing Obligations

Wages and Compensation

• Minimum Wage, Federal
• Exemption from State Requirements for Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Act of 1968, Pa. Stat. Ann. 5 §5(a)(1)
• Exemptions from the Minimum Wage Requirements
• When Should Employees be Paid? Wage Payment and Collection Law
• Overtime

Some states require "Living Wages." These may require an employer to pay employees more than the state and federal minimum wage. Check with your local government to see if a living wage ordinance has been enacted and if it applies to you.

HEALTH AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS: Although some sorts of health benefits and retirement benefits are not required, once you issue benefits you may have certain obligations under the law.

Voluntary

• Retirement and Health Insurance Plans, ERISA

Mandatory

• When You Are Governed by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
• When You Must Provide Workers' Compensation
• Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Quick Links
• Reporting Injuries
  

Obligation to Refrain from Discriminatory Practices in Hiring and Employment

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fact Sheets
• Prohibited Personnel Practices from the EEOC
• Age Discrimination
• Race/Color Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Sex Discrimination
• National Origin Discrimination
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Equal Pay and Compensation Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• The ADA and Small Employers
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Employer Liability for a Supervisor's Discrimination
• ADA Questions and Answers
• Civil Rights and The Agriculture Marketing Service

Protection Against Workplace Injuries

• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
• Which workplaces are governed by OSHA?
• OSHA and Agricultural Operations
• Find an OSHA Office
• Pesticide Poisoning and The Worker Protection Standard

Minors

• Federal Child Labor Laws in Farm Jobs
• The Operation of Motor Vehicles by Minors
• Youth Minimum Wages
• Child Exposure to Explosives, Woodworking Machinery, Window Cleaning, Spray Coating Operations, Wrecking and Demolishing, and Delivery of Merchandise
• Proof of Age Cards
• Apprentices, Student Learners, and Vocational Graduates
  

  There are some Exceptions to General Prohibition of Work in Meat Packing Industry, See, 34 Pa. Code § 11.21, et. seq.

Migrant and Seasonal Workers

• The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Act
• The Seasonal Farm Labor Act
• Hiring Immigrants
• Explanation of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
• National Origin Discrimination
• Housing Sanitation: PDA and USDOL (OSHA and ETA) Regulations

Unions

• The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Rules and Regulations
• Agricultural Laborers EXEMPT from the NLRA

Other Helpful Sites

• The National Agricultural Library
• The National Agricultural Law Center
• United States Code
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania