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| ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) |
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| forbids discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability if the individual can perform “essential function” of the job. |
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| ADEA (Age Discrimination Employment Act) |
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| forbids discrimination against any person aged 40 or older in hiring, firing, promotion, or other aspect of employment. |
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| Represents another person in some sort of business transaction with another party. |
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| Laws that control the work that children are permitted to do. |
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| Collective bargaining agreement |
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Contract negotiated by employer and representatives
of the labor union. |
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| A statement that regardless of provisions or policies in an employee handbook and regardless of any oral promises to the contrary, an employment-at-will situation still exists between the employer and its employee. |
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| Occurs when an employer has a policy which on the surface seems neutral, but which has an unequal and unfair impact on members of a protected group. |
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| The employer intentionally discriminates against an individual or a group belonging to one of the categories protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. |
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| The party who does the work. |
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| The party who pays another party for work. |
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| Either party may terminate employer-employee relationship at any time. |
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| Includes all the orders, commands, or directions a principal states to an agent when the agency relationship is first created. |
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| A payment for services not performed. |
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| Relationship that is based on trust that exists between the agent and principal. |
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| A person who represents a person without being paid for it. |
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| A series of steps employees must take to appeal an employer’s decision. |
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| Usually involves an oral agreement that would ordinarily be covered by employment-at-will had the employer not said or done something that implies otherwise. |
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| A promise that the employer and the employee will be fair in their dealings with each other. |
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| repayment of the amount lost. |
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| A person who is hired to perform a task for another person, but is not under the other person’s control. |
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| Faithfulness or acting in a party’s best interest at all times. |
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| Agent must comply with all reasonable orders and instructions within th scope of the agency agreement. |
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| OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) |
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| an agency of the federal government that sets health and safety standards for most U.S. companies. |
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| The person who is being represented by another person in some sort of business transaction. |
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| A person who chooses to have someone perform a task on his or her behalf, but who has no control over the way the task is carried out. |
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| Occurs when benefits from an unauthorized act are accepted with full knowledge of the facts. |
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| An agent who is employed to accomplish a specific purpose. |
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| An agent lawfully appointed by another agent. |
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| Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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| forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, or religion. |
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| Inside information on a firm’s processes, products, or inventions. |
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| Provides employees with grounds for legal action against employers who have treated them unfairly. |
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| An insurance program that provides income for workers who are injured or who develop a disability or a disease as a result of their job. |
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