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War Hazards Compensation Act
Congress passed the War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) in 1942 to provide benefits to employees of government contractors or their survivors for injuries or deaths stemming from war-risk hazards. The WHCA also reimburses insurance carriers for any workers' compensation benefits paid by the carriers to these employees or survivors. The WHCA replaces wages lost by employees who are held as prisoners of war. It also presumes that missing persons are totally disabled.
Marital Status Discrimination - State Law
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the seminal anti-discrimination law in the federal sector, does not forbid adverse employment decisions on the basis of marital status. Many state laws, however, do protect employees or applicants from being discriminated against in employment decisions on the basis of an employee's marital status.
Regulated Breaks and Lunch Times
Federal Law Requirements
Taft-Hartley National Emergency Injunctions
Background
The Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act Election Protest Procedures)
