Compliance Assistance - Press Kit - ELAWS Brochure
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• The elaws Advisors
• Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses
  www.dol.gov/elaws
• A U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Assistance Resource

Inside Left Panel

The elaws Advisors

Answering Your Questions About Federal Employment Laws

The elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors are interactive online tools that help employers and workers understand their rights and responsibilities under the federal employment laws administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

The elaws Advisors are:

• Easy to understand.
• Free of charge.
• Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.dol.gov/elaws.

The elaws Advisors simulate interactions between you and an employment law expert. Simply visit www.dol.gov/elaws and answer the online questions. Each elaws Advisor will clarify complex issues specific to your workplace and employment situation.

The Advisors also include links to more detailed information, such as regulatory text, fact sheets, posters and other compliance assistance materials.

Inside Middle and Right Panels

• Wage and Hour Issues
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Advisor--Allows employers and employees to determine coverage, rights and responsibilities regarding family and medical leave.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Advisor--Addresses coverage and exemptions, minimum wage, hours worked, overtime, record keeping requirements and child labor.
• Poster Requirements
• Poster Advisor--Provides a simple, one-step process for determining DOL poster requirements and allows businesses to print required posters free of charge.
• Workplace Safety and Health
  • OSHA Advisors and MSHA Advisors--Help employers identify and address hazards in their workplace and improve the safety and health of their employees’ work environment.
  • Drug-Free Workplace Advisor--Helps employers develop on-line, customized drug-free workplace policies and training programs and determine coverage and responsibilities under the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.
• Veterans’ Issues
• USERRA Advisor--Reviews veterans' employee eligibility and job entitlements, employer obligations, benefits and remedies under the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
• Veterans’ Preference Advisor--Helps veterans examine preferences they may be entitled to with regard to federal employment.
• e-VETS Advisor--Assists veterans to access online resources on a broad range of topics, such as job search tools and tips, employment openings, career assessment, education and training, and benefits.
• Employee Benefits
• Health Benefits Advisor--Helps workers and their families better understand employer and employee (such as a union) organization-provided group health benefits and the laws that govern them.
• Small Business Retirement Savings Advisor--Addresses retirement savings options for small business employers and determines which program may be most appropriate for a particular business.
• Government Contracts
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Compliance Assistance (OFCCP) Advisor--Helps federal contractors and subcontractors understand basic coverage and compliance information on equal employment opportunity laws administered by OFCCP.

The elaws Advisors are continually being updated to reflect changes in laws and regulations, and new Advisors are added every year.

Back

The elaws Advisors are one of a number of tools developed to further DOL’s dedication to provide clear, accurate and easy-to-access compliance assistance for employers and protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, safety and health of America’s workforce.

www.dol.gov/elaws

U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
1-866-4-USA-DOL (TTY: 1-877-889-5627)
www.dol.gov

Inside Flap

FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
A tool designed for the business owner

If businesses need help determining which DOL laws they need to comply with, the elaws FirstStep Employment Law Advisor is the solution. By asking a few questions regarding relevant factors such as the nature, location and size of the business, and whether or not the business has Federal contracts or subcontracts, the system lets employers simply and quickly identify which major DOL employment laws apply to them. It also provides easy-to-access information about how to comply with each law’s requirements.

"The elawsAdvisors represent the best of business at the start of the 21st century. They combine the knowledge of employment law experts, the practical experience of America’s business people, cutting edge technology and the vast power of the Internet to reach anyone at anytime."

Elaine L. Chao
Secretary of Labor