Explaining Federal Employment Law – The Series

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I usually cover legal topics that I see in my practice, particularly if they are common issues small businesses confront. One of those of areas is federal employment law. You might recognize the area more rapidly through terms such as “sexual harassment” racial discrimination” or “wrongful termination.” All of these issue emenate from federal employment law, laws created in Washington, D.C. but applicable to many employers throughout the United States.

What businesses are covered by federal employment law? What types of things are prohibited under federal employment law? What can a business do to eliminate risks of violating federal employment law? Find out the answers to these questions and more by reading the series “Explaining Federal Employment Law”.

What is Federal Employment Law?

What areas are covered by Federal Employment Law?

Is your business covered by federal employment law?

What steps can employers take to protect themselves from employment law claims?

Posted by Shawn Roberts

On this blog, I write about and try to answer practical Oklahoma legal questions. My focus and most experience is in estate planning and business issues including Oklahoma non-compete law. I make a living as an attorney in the law firm I founded, Shawn J. Roberts, P.C. in Oklahoma City. I live in Edmond with my wife Amy and my two children, Sam (19) and David (11). We live precisely in the path of where the "wind comes sweeping down the plains."