SHRM 2021 Key Legislation

Acronyms

100

ADAAA

ADA Amendment Act (2008)

200

ADEA

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)

300

USERRA

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (1994)

400

NDAA

National Defense Authorizations Act (2008 and 2010)

500

EPPA

Employment Polygraph Protection Act (1988)

Name the acronym

100

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (1974)

ERISA

200

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003)

FACT Act

300

Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970)

FCRA

400

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (2008)

GINA

500

IRCA

Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)

Definitions

100

Equal Employment Opportunity Act (1972)

Amended Title VII of the Civil Rights At of 1964 and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission authority to "back up" its administrative findings and conduct its own enforcement litigation

200

Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (1988)

Requires some employers to give a minimum of 60 days' notice if a plant is to close or if mass layoffs will occur.

300

LMRA/Labor-Management Relations Act/Taft-Hartley Act

Significantly amended the NLRA and imposed several restrictions and requirements on unions.

400

PPACA (2010)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

500

NLRA/Wagner Act (1935)

National Labor Relations Act

Name the definition

100

Provides some relief to employers using third parties to conduct workplace investigations.

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003)

200

Prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their genetic information in both employment and health insurance

GINA- Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (2008)

300

Prohibits discrimination against job applicants on the basis of national origin or citizenship; establishes penalties for hiring illegal aliens and requires employers to establish each employee's identity and eligibility to work.

IRCA- Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)

400

Amended the NLRA and imposed regulations on internal union affairs and relationships between Union officials and union members.

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA; Landrum-Griffin Act) (1959)

500

Defines what is included as hours worked and is therefore compensable and a factor in calculating overtime.

Portal to Portal Act (1947)

Misc.

100

Creates a rolling timeframe for filing wage discrimination claims and expands the plaintiff field beyond employee who was discriminated against.

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009)

200

PDA stands for?

Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)

300

OWBPA (1990)

Older Workers Benefits Protection Act

400

Regulates employee status, overtime pay, child labor, minimum wage, record keeping, and other administrative concerns.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 1938

500

This act requires publicly held companies to establish internal controls and procedures for financial reporting to reduce the possibility of corporate fraud.

Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) 2002