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Employment Law
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The party who pays another to perform a job or service. | Employer |
| A party who agrees to perform a job without being supervised. | Independent Contractor |
| The relationship that states an employer or employee can end the work relationship at any time. | Employment at Will |
| The duty that states an employee must have the experience or knowledge necessary to perform his job. | Duty of Reasonable Skill |
| The law that establishes minimum wage and maximum hours worked. | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| The insurance fund that compensates employees for their injuries on the job. | Workers' Compensation |
| The tort committed when an employee is fired for a reason that is discriminatory or in retaliation for participating in lawful behavior. | Wrongful Discharge |
| Money paid by the government to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own | Unemployment Compensation |
| Illegal employment agreements that employers forced employees to sign promising they would not join a union. | Yellow-Dog Contracts |
| The government agency that administers the rights and duties given to workers, employers, and unions. | National Labor Relations Board |
| The acknowledgement by the government that a union has been formed and is the exclusive bargaining agent. | Certification |
| Laws enacted by some states that affirms an employee that does not want to join a union does not have to pay fair-share fees. | Right-to-Work Laws |
| The process by which the union and the employer negotiate a contract of employment that binds both sides. | Collective Bargaining |
| What negotiations are when both sides cannot come to an agreement. | Deadlocked |
| Employees on strike patrolling an employer's property with signs. | Picketing |
| A refusal to buy or to use someone's products or services | Boycott |
| A job requirement that is truly essential to the business that compels discrimination against a protected class. | Bona Fide Occupational Qualification |
| The result of a business policy that looks neutral but eliminates more members of protected classes than members of the majority. | Disparate Impact |
| When one thing is exchanged for another in an employment situation | Quid Pro Quo |
| The law that forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act |
| The category of employees who are not subject to the overtime rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act. | Exempt Employees |
| Law that provides minimal standards for employee safety and health | Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) |
| The number of weeks an employee can take off from work to take care of a serious need under the Family and Medical Leave Act | 12 |
| Method used by the business to pressure a union to bargain. | Lockout |
| Intentional discrimination | Disparate treatment |
| Firing an employee who has filed a grievance with the EEOC is illegal. True or False? | True |
| The law preventing discrimination based on the pay of men and women performing the same job. | Equal Pay Act |
| The law that prevents discrimination against those aged 40 years or older. | Age Discrimination in Employment Act |
| Employers must provide accommodations to a disabled employee regardless of hardship. | False |
| Sexual harassment cannot occur between members of the same sex. | False |
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