Pension: Retirement and Savings Plans
Pension: Retirement and Savings Plans This page addresses the following topics: 1. What should I know about my pension rights? If you participated in a retirement plan, a pension plan, a 401(k) plan, a thrift savings plan, a profit-sharing plan, or any other type of deferred compensation plan, it is absolutely critical that you have […]
Health Insurance Benefits/Affordable Care Act
Health Insurance Benefits/Affordable Care Act Read below for up-to-date information about the Affordable Care Act, also commonly known as “Obamacare.” 1. Just what is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare? What is commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act, or sometimes as Obamacare, is actually two bills signed into law by President Obama […]
Overtime Exemptions
Overtime Exemptions On this page, we’ll do our best to clarify this complicated subject for you, but if you have remaining questions, you may wish to speak to a local attorney who is knowledgeable about overtime, since it is impossible to anticipate every problem that may have arisen in your workplace. 1. I hear certain […]
Meal and Rest Breaks
Meal and Rest Breaks Surprisingly, there are no federal laws requiring meal and rest breaks. This area of the law has been left mostly to states with only 20 requiring meal breaks and 9 requiring rest breaks. However, most employers do provide meal breaks and may be required to provide breaks for specific religious or […]
Health Benefits/COBRA
Health Benefits/COBRA A health plan helps employees and their families tend to their essential medical needs. However employees and their families could lose this benefit without temporary group health coverage, Generally, employees who lose their jobs voluntarily or involuntarily or have a reduction in the hours worked have a right to temporarily extend their health […]
Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage The minimum wage page explains what minimum wage is and how it might affect you. It details who the Fair Labor Standards Act covers, as well as what wage applies for probationary periods, minors, and training. This page also explains how minimum wage laws affect commissions, tips. This page provides answers to the […]
Find Your Place Working in Space
This blog, written by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, originally appeared on the U.S. Dept. of Labor blog on April 5, 2024. Space exploration impacts industries across the globe, including healthcare, agriculture, telecommunications and climate management. Astronauts may be the best-known space workers, but they hold few of the jobs. The logistics of space missions […]
10 Well-Paying, Fast-Growing Jobs in Healthcare
This blog originally appeared at the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s blog on April 2, 2024. About the Author: Dustin Riles is an economist in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Follow BLS on X @BLS_gov. In the United States, employment in healthcare occupations makes up about 10% of total employment. And according to the Bureau of […]
Balancing Growth: A Guide to Small Business Expansion and Employee Protections
About the Author: Katie Brenneman is a passionate writer specializing in lifestyle, mental health, and education When she isn’t writing, you can find her with her nose buried in a book or hiking with her dog, Charlie. To connect with Katie, you can follow her on Twitter. This blog was contributed directly to Workplace Fairness on May […]
A 32-Hour Workweek Is Ours for the Taking
Work-life balance was on the autoworkers’ minds as the union prepared for bargaining — long hours, overtime and the mental health crisis.
