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2 | Annual Costs of Workplace Regulation through 2001 | ||||
3 | (Millions; 2000 and 2010 dollars) | ||||
4 | Category | 2000 | 2012 | ||
5 | Labor Standards | $1,245.30 | $1,613.91 | ||
6 | Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | n/a | |||
7 | Davis Bacon Act | $950.00 | $1,231.20 | ||
8 | Service Contract Act | $291.00 | $377.14 | ||
9 | Walsh-Healey Act | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
10 | Contract Work Hours & Safety Stds. Act | (embedded) | |||
11 | Migrant& Seasonal Ag Worker Protection | $4.30 | $5.57 | ||
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13 | Employee Benefits | $18,488.00 | $23,960.45 | ||
14 | COBRA | $12,300.00 | $15,940.80 | ||
15 | Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) | 3900 | $5,054.40 | ||
16 | Employee Retirement Income Security (ERISA) | $1,136.00 | $1,472.26 | ||
17 | Unemployment Compensation Act | $1,152.00 | $1,492.99 | ||
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19 | Labor/Mgmt Reations | $3,950.00 | $5,119.20 | ||
20 | National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) | $3,950.00 | $5,119.20 | ||
21 | Labor-Mgmt Reporting & Disclosure (LMRDA) | (embedded) | |||
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23 | OSHA | $48,636.00 | $63,032.26 | ||
24 | Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) | $41,000.00 | $53,136.00 | ||
25 | Federal Mine Safety & Health Act (MSHA) | $7,400.00 | $9,590.40 | ||
26 | Drug Free Workplace Act | $12.00 | $15.55 | ||
27 | Omnibus Trans. Employee Testing Act (OTETA) | $224.00 | $290.30 | ||
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29 | Civil Rights | $6,586.00 | $8,535.46 | ||
30 | Equal Pay Act | n/a | |||
31 | Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 | $2,080.00 | $2,695.68 | ||
32 | Age Discriminatin in Employment Act (ADEA) | $13.00 | $16.85 | ||
33 | Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | $4,483.00 | $5,809.97 | ||
34 | Executive Order 11246 | n/a | |||
35 | Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | $10.00 | $12.96 | ||
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37 | Empl. Decision Laws | $12,200.00 | $15,811.20 | ||
38 | Polygraph Protection Act | $0.00 | |||
39 | Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA) | $10,900.00 | $14,126.40 | ||
40 | Worker Adj. & Retraining Notification (WARN) | $1,300.00 | $1,684.80 | ||
41 | Total | $91,105.30 | $118,072.47 | ||
42 | Source: Joseph M. Johnson, "A Review and Synthesis of the Cost of Workplace | ||||
43 | Regulations," Mercatus Center, George Mason University, August 30, 2001 | ||||
44 | http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/MC_RSP_RA-SynthesisofWorkplaceCost_010830.pdf | ||||
45 | Original 2000 dollars converted to 2010 using U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the | ||||
46 | United States: 2012, Table 725, “Consumer Price Indexes (CPI-U) by Major Groups: 1990 to 2010 | ||||
47 | http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0725.pdf | ||||
48 | See original Johnson study for narrative on why some cost elements do not appear, such as costs not applicable or embedded in other components. | ||||
49 | Consumer Price Index link | ||||