Employment Laws Pertinent to Compensation Practice

  1. 5 Identify and discuss key employment laws pertinent to compensation practice.

The federal constitution forms the basis for employment laws. The following four amendments of the Constitution are most applicable:

Article I, Section 8. “The Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes . . . .”

First Amendment. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Fifth Amendment. “No person ...

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