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November 4, 2008 DOL Home > Compliance Assistance > By Audience > New and Small Businesses |
New and growing small businesses often need help identifying and understanding the specific U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) laws and regulations that apply to them. A variety of the Departments compliance assistance resources can help in this regard, including the elaws FirstStep Employment Law Advisor and the Employment Law Guide, which describes 24 major laws enforced by DOL in plain, easy-to-understand language. These tools, and a variety of other compliance assistance materials, provide employers with the introductory information they need to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for their business. COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE MATERIALS
APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS DOL enforces more than 180 employment laws and regulations, and the specific laws that apply to a particular business depend upon its number of employees, the nature of its business, and numerous other factors.
For questions on DOL laws, *Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Labor's Confidentiality Protocol for Compliance Assistance Inquiries, information provided by a telephone caller will be kept confidential within the bounds of the law. Compliance assistance inquiries will not trigger an inspection, audit, investigation, etc. |
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