United States Department of Labor

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

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Compliance Assistance - Laws of the Wage and Hour Division

The Department of Labor is committed to providing its customers — America’s employers, workers, job seekers and retirees — with clear and easy-to-access information on how to comply with federal employment laws. Such information and guidance is known as "compliance assistance." Please browse the following compliance assistance information for the Wage and Hour Division:

Resources:

• Order Publications
• Posters
• Forms
• Fact Sheets
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Elaws
• Wage and Hour Statistics
• Public Service Announcements

Compliance Assistance Information by Law:

• Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA)
  Keywords: contracts, work hours, safety, federal contracts, overtime
• Copeland "Anti-kickback" Act
  Keywords: contracts, kickbacks, federal contracts
• Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)
  Keywords: wage determinations, fringe benefits, prevailing wage rates, construction, contracts, federal contracts
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
  Keywords: lie detector tests, pre-employment screening, polygraph test, notices to workers
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) / Minimum Wage, Overtime, Child Labor
  Keywords: minimum wage, overtime, child labor, work hours
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  Keywords: pregnancy/maternity leave, adoption, long-term illness, family leave
• Federal Wage Garnishment Law, Consumer Credit Protection Act's Title 3 (CCPA)
  Keywords: wage garnishment, consumer credit protection, deductions
• Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
  Keywords: foreign labor certification, temporary employment of aliens, visas, H1B, H2A, H-2B
• McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA)
  Keywords: federal contracts, service employees, contracts, wage determinations, fringe benefits, prevailing wage rates, work hours
• Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
  Keywords: minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, child labor standards, agriculture, migrant housing, migrant transportation, notices to workers, visas, H2A
• Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA)
  Keywords: federal purchase of supplies, contracts, federal contracts

Employee Rights Materials:

• Apparel Workers (PDF)
• Day Laborers (PDF)
• Farm Workers (PDF)
• Health Care Workers (PDF)
• Legal Protections for H-1B Workers (PDF)
• Legal Protections for H-2A Workers (PDF)
• Legal Protections for H-2B Workers (PDF)
• Reforestation Worker Rights Cards (PDF)
• Recordkeeper (PDF)
• Work Hours Calendar (English) , (Spanish) (PDF)

Other Compliance Assistance Information:

• Off-the-Clock Compliance Assistance
• New and Small Businesses
• Stock Options
• State and Local Government Compliance Assistance
• H1N1 Influenza