As a small business owner, federal law requires you to offer certain benefits to your employees. In this course, we'll discuss what those laws are and what they mean to your business. We'll go over time off, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Workers' Compensation, Medicare and Social Security, unemployment insurance, and healthcare. State laws often have local benefit requirements as well, so be sure to check with an employment attorney to ensure that you're aware of local laws. In our other courses on this topic, we'll discuss optional and fringe benefits to consider.