Minors

Certain occupations and age groups have special rules that pertain only to them, such as industrial home workers and youth employees. Federal and state laws also are very specific about what minor employees can do at work.

Disabilities

Legal Issue Guide For Pennsylvania Senior Citizens
American Disability And Age Discrimination Acts. pp.65-68.

Cash Assistance/Employment Training (Pennsylvania)
If you do not earn enough money to support yourself and your family or if you are not able to work because of a disability, you can receive cash and employment assistance. You can apply for and renew your benefits from the comfort of your home using COMPASS, the online resource for cash assistance, Food Stamps, help with child care, health care coverage, home heating assistance (LIHEAP), school meals, SelectPlan for Women and long-term living services.

Discrimination (Consumer-SOS)

For More See Consumer-SOS/Disabilities

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Working At Home

Phony Work At Home Employment Schemes

Statutory Employees (Too Brief)
Many people who work at home or who are paid on a commission basis (such as life insurance agents or salespeople) are classified by the IRS as statutory employees. This means your employer may have to withhold taxes in the same way as regular employees. No more and no less.

Special Occupations/Misc. Professions
Certain occupations have special rules that pertain only to them, such as industrial homeworkers and youth employees. Industrial homeworkers are individuals who work in their own homes manufacturing a product for someone else, including craft-making and sewing. 

Fact Sheet About Homeworkers
Rules applying to industrial home-workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Individual Homeworker Certificates
Information on the terms and conditions for issuing individual homeworker certificates.

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Disabilities
Health & Medical
Insurance
Labor & Employment Law (Findlaw.com)
Lawyers, Courts & Self Help

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