Class:
The main topic of last class is “Protecting Workers” throng some legal aspects:
OSHA,FMLA/MMLA, Equal Pay Act, Title VII, and Pregnancy Discrimination Act. We discussed and
analysis the date when they established, when it has been updated and who is protected by
these establishments.
OSHA, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States
Department of Labor. Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29, 1970. OSHA’s mission is
to “assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and
enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance”
FMLA/MMLA,The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is a United States federal law requiring
covered employers to provide employees with job–protected and unpaid leave for qualified
medical and family reasons. Qualified medical and family reasons include: personal or family
illness, family military leave, pregnancy, adoption, or the foster care placement of a child. FMLA is
a federal law requiring that eligible employees are provided with up to 12 weeks of job–protected
