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| Sarbanes-Oxley (Title VII) |
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| enacted to restore investor confidence in financial markets following the exposure in 2001–2002 of widespread misconduct by directors and officers of publicly held companies. Title VIII of the Act contains protections for corporate whistleblowers. |
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| expands whistleblower protections to a wide range of financial services employees and provides expanded protections and incentives for whistleblowers. |
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| organized for charitable or benevolent purposes |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act |
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| provides for the establishment of safety and health standards and the effective enforcement of these standards |
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| Immigration and Naturalization Act |
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| the principal employer-related immigration laws. |
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| expands whistleblower protections to a wide range of financial services employees and provides expanded protections and incentives for whistleblowers. |
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| organized for charitable or benevolent purposes |
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| an employer commitment to make specified future payments to participants upon retirement. |
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| Worker’s Compensation laws |
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| usually provides immediate medical benefits, prompt periodic wage replacement and a limited death benefit |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
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| extends employment protection for disabled persons beyond the federal level to state and local governmental agencies and to all private employers with 15 or more employees. |
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| artificial being created by government grant, which for many purposes is treated as a natural person. |
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| regulates minimum wages, overtime hours, and child labor. |
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| Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Act |
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| to encourage noncareer service in the armed services, minimize the disruption experienced in the civilian careers of reservists, and promote prompt reemployment of reservists upon return from military leave. |
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| limited liability and hold members personally liable for damages |
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| Model Business Corporation Act |
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| to assist legislative bodies in the modernization of state corporation laws. |
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| 1964, as amended, forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. |
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| partnership that can be formed by “one or more general partners and one or more limited partners.” |
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| person to whom franchise is granted. |
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| document prepared to evidence the contract of the parties. (Parties—partners or general partners) |
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| “an association of two or more persons to carry on as owners a business for profit.” under this act is the tenancy in partnership: ownership relationship that exists between partners |
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| Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) |
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| authorizes the Secretary of Labor and employees to bring court actions to compel the observance of statutory requirements. |
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| Federal Employer Liabilities Act |
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| type of change by statute was to modify the defenses that an employer could assert when sued by an employee for damages |
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| Limited Liability Company (LLC) |
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| which allows tax treatment as a partnership with limited liability for the owners. |
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| twelve-week unpaid maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves are available based on eligibility. |
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| Employment-at-will doctrine |
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| doctrine in which the employer has historically been allowed to terminate the employment contract at any time for any reason or for no reason. contributory negligence is a defense only in mitigation of damages; assumption of the risk is not a defense. |
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| National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) |
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| employees have the right to form a union to obtain a collective bargaining contract or to refrain from organizational activities |
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| Unincorporated Association |
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| a combination of two or more persons for the furtherance of a common purpose. |
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| Unemployment Compensation laws |
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| benefits are paid to persons for a limited period of time if they are out of work through no fault of their own. |
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| Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) |
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| five-member body appointed by the president to establish equal employment opportunity policy under the laws it administers. |
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