WGU Employment Law C233

WGU Employment Law C233 Leave the first rating Students also studied Terms in this set (189) Social SciencesLaw Civil Law Save NYLE Practice Questions Teacher 20 terms MadyekePreview employment law Teacher 127 terms Anuro_Japesa Preview Lawyers Responsibility to the Court Teacher 54 terms joshuawesonga752 Preview Ga Rea Teacher max Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 7Study using Learn An unacceptable pretext of discrimination in which an employer uses race as the basis for a business decision in order to please customers.Intrusion Upon SeclusionA type of tort in which an employer intrudes upon an employee's private information.Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) Enacted in 1967, it protects employees who are 40 years of age and older.Choose an answer 1Intrusion Upon Seclusion2Sherman Anti-Trust Act 3Customer Discriminatory Preference4economic realities test Don't know?

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)Enacted in 1938, it protects workers from unfair wages, limits abusive overtime practices, and prevents child labor.Course of EmploymentAny action by an employee that furthers an employer's business.National Labor Relations BoardA federal administrative agency that administers the provisions of the NLRA.Federal Whistleblower StatuteEnacted in 1982, it protects contractor employees from employment discrimination or retaliation for reporting company violations of the law.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)Employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from discriminating against people with disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require equal opportunity in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with disabilities; job accommodation for applicants and workers with disabilities when such accommodations would not impose "undue hardship;" and equal opportunity in promotion and benefits.Collective BargainingThe negotiation process between unions and employers.QuotaAn official limit on the number or amount of people or things that are allowed.E-VerifyAn online tool administered through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and used by employers to verify the validity of documents presented by new hires.Continual Training RequirementA mandate that all employers provide training to workers on a periodic basis and whenever an employee is hired or assigned to a new job.Serious Health ConditionAn incapacitating illness, injury, or impairment that requires overnight care or continuing treatment from a health care provider.Sherman Anti-Trust ActEnacted in 1890, it prevents businesses from combining together to restrain trade and seeking monopoly business power.Vicarious LiabilityA form of secondary liability that comes from the doctrine of respondeat superior

• "let the master answer for the servant".

Worker's CompensationA form of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits for employees injured while at work in exchange for relinquishment of the right to sue the employer for negligence.Opportunity WageAn exception to the minimum wage law that applies to employees under twenty years old.Free RidersAn employee who does not belong to a union, but benefits from union representation Unfair Labor Practices StrikeA stoppage of work in order to pressure management to follow the law

Public-policy ExceptionA rule of exception to the employment at-will doctrine that states that an employer cannot terminate an employee for reasons that violate public policy.Reduction in Force (RIF)Occurs when a business eliminates one or more positions as part of a strategic business plan to realign operations or reduce cost.RemediesA desired action resulting from a successful lawsuit.Customer Discriminatory PreferenceAn unacceptable pretext of discrimination in which an employer uses race as the basis for a business decision in order to please customers.ArbitrationA procedure for resolving collective bargaining impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) choose a solution to the dispute.ConglomerateA highly diversified firm that has multiple businesses with no relationships.Permissive Bargaining SubjectA bargaining subject that either party may bring to the table, but over which the other party is not required to bargain Four-fifths RuleThe simplest and most common way of estimating adverse impact by ruling a screening device as discriminatory if its selection rates of a protected class are less than 80% of the majority.Mandatory Bargaining SubjectA required bargaining subject that involves wages, benefits, hours, and layoff procedures.Reasonable AccommodationA reasonable change to the work environment that allows a religious individual to perform job functions Federal InjunctionA legal remedy that allows a court to order individuals to refrain from harmful acts Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Assistance Act Passed in 1974, it requires contractors to take affirmative action toward veterans VestingThe conveying of an employee's rights to benefits or contributions after a certain amount of time.WorkweekAny consecutive seven-day period.ImpasseA deadlock reached by two bargaining parties whereby an issue cannot be resolved.Wildcat StrikeA strike by a portion of workers that is not authorized by the union.Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

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Enacted in 1959, it creates a union member "bill of rights" in order to empower union members and reduce union corruption Undue HardshipAn accommodation to the work environment that places a significant burden or expense on the employer

Economic StrikeA stoppage of work based upon a union's frustration that management will not meet its demands for improvements in wages, hours, and benefits Closed Union ShopAn illegal requirement that an employee be a union member Plant ClosingA single site of employment that is permanently or temporarily shut down for 6 months, or with a 50% reduction in hours over a 6-month period, and impacts 50 or more full-time employees for a 30-day period.Comparable Worth TheoryThe notion that men and women should receive equal pay when they perform work that requires comparable skills and responsibilities.ADA Amendments ActPassed in 2008, it amends the ADA by adding new protections for employees with disabilities Civil LawLaws that deal with the rights of people rather than with crimes Illegal Bargaining SubjectA bargaining subject that cannot legally be implemented into a collective bargaining agreement Common LawPrinciples developed over centuries as a result of legal decisions made by judges in individual cases.WhistleblowingThe action of an employee to report the wrongdoings of an employer Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964Protects all races from discrimination Exempted EmployeeEmployees who are fully or partially free from FLSA provisions Case LawThe law as laid down in the decisions of the courts (distinct from statutes or other sources of law).ConciliationProcess where a third party acts as an intermediary between the parties to a labor dispute, helping them to reach a settlement.Polygraph TestingA method of testing for an employer to measure an employee's heart, respiratory, and skin reactions while he or she is asked a serious of questions in order to determine if he or she is lying DefamationCommunicating false statements that harm a person's reputation Integrated EnterpriseA business environment in which operations of two or more employers are so intertwined that they can be considered as a single employer for purposes of federal statutory coverage and liability Reverse DiscriminationDiscrimination that occurs when an employer, acting under an affirmative action plan, favors one race or gender in an employment decision.