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Worker’s Compensation
Coverage Definitions
As of 7/1/2008, there are 4 states in which the workers’ compensation system is considered monopolistic. This means that the individual state sets rates and operates a … state administered fund of workers compensation insurance, vs. the coverage being written in a competitive market by private insurers. Click here to view the full report.
Workers Compensation Division By State
Additional Resources
Employment Law
| of Employees | Employer | Statute | Protection |
| 1 worker (employee or independent contractor) | Any | Civil Rights Act of 1866 | race/color discrimination |
| 1 employee | Any employer with any employee involved incommerce | Employee Retirement Income and Security Act | employee benefit rights |
| 1 employee | Any employer with any employee involved incommerce | Fair Labor Standards Act | minimum wage/overtime |
| 1 employee | Any employer with any employee involved incommerce | Occupational Safety and Health Act | occupational safety and health |
| 1 employee | Any employer with any employee | Texas andfederal new hire reporting laws | new hire reporting within first 20 days after hire |
| 1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | minimum wage, overtime, timely wages, illegal deductions |
| 1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax ActandTexas Unemployment Compensation Act | unemployment compensation |
| 2 – 50 employees | Any | Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act (Texas COBRA) |
health benefit continuation – state law |
| 4 employees | Any | Immigration Reform and Control Act | national origin/U.S. citizenship |
| 4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | unemployment compensation |
| 15 employees | Any | Title VII, ADA,GINA, Chapter 21 (Texas Labor Code) | race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, age (state law), genetic information |
| 20 employees | Any | ADEA | age discrimination (federal) |
| 20 employees | Any, except for church andgovernmental**health plans | COBRA | health benefit continuation – federal law |
| 50 employees | Any | FMLA | family and medical leave |
| 100 employees | Any | WARN | advance notice of plant closings and mass layoffs |
| 100 employees | Private sector | EEO-1 Report | statistical survey of employees |
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