federal statute

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.

• labor law
• labor and employment law
• employment discrimination
• STATUTE
• federal statute

Media Law: Overview 

Media law refers to the regulations of mass media production and use. It includes various types of media forms such as broadcast television, radio, film, internet, and print; however, broadcast media is the most heavily regulated. Media Law can cover censorship, intellectual property (i.e.

• First Amendment
• freedom of speech
• freedom of the press
• content
• FCC
• Congress
• federal statute

Minimum wage laws establish a base level of pay that employers are required to pay certain covered employees. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. In addition to a federal minimum wage, some states also have their own minimum wages, codified either in a state statute or in the state's constitution. States are broken up into 4 classifications for minimum wage:

• STATUTE
• federal statute
• state law
• federal law
• WAGES
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• labor law
• labor

Statutory construction, also known as statutory interpretation, is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation.

• federal statute
• STATUTE
• courts
• legislative history