There are federal, state, and local city laws that cover San Francisco employees. The federal laws are created by congress and are laws you may have heard of before such as the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). The State of California also has its own set of laws that loosely follow the federal law but typically provide great protections for employees. The City of San Francisco has enacted city-wide of labor laws that provide even more protection for people who work in the City. People who work in San Francisco enjoy three levels of legal protection in the workplace.