Briefing the Cost Club Senior Regional Staff
Alvin M. Johnson
Human Resource Law HRM/546
November 16, 2015
Thomas Hartnett

Briefing the Cost Club Senior Regional Staff
This handout is intended to explain the five key regulatory areas Cost Club must adhere to. Following is a list of those areas: Employee Privacy, Employee Unions, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Employee Privacy
Federal Law – General Privacy Laws * Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 – 18 U.S. Code 2721. This law limits disclosures of personal information maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles. * Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 – 18 U.S. Code sections 2510-2522, 2701-2711, 3121, 1367. This law amends the federal wiretap law to cover different types of electronic communications i.e. e-mail, radio-paging devices, cell phones, private communications carriers, and computer transmissions and extends ban on interception to the communications of wire or electronic communication services and restricts access to stored wired and electronic communication/transaction records. * Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) – 20 U.S. Code section 1232g. This law restricts the disclosure of educational records. * Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – 15 U.S. Code sections 1681-1681u. This law promotes accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information gathered by credit bureaus and sold to creditors, employers, and other businesses. * Fair Debt Collection Practices Act – 15 U.S. Code sections 1692-1692p. This is to eliminate abusive debt collection practices by debt collectors and promotes consistent State action to protect consumers against debt collection abuses. * Federal Privacy Act of 1974 – 5 U.S. Code section 552a. This law applies to