These days, the Department of Labor enforces roughly 180 worker protection laws, ranging from pay requirements to parental leave benefits. Other protections are supervised by agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Below are some of the key federal protections offered to employees.
About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth's water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.
It is interesting and quite shocking to note that less than 1% of the water on earth is drinkable. Freshwater. This may come as a surprise for many because water makes up seventy-percent of the Earthâs surface. However, despite the fact that three-fourths of the Earth is made up of water, only 2.5% of this is freshwater, while the rest is in the form of sea water, and is therefore not suitable for drinking.