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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
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| the agency within the federal government that sets safety and health standards for many companies within the United States. |
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| states that employers engaged in interstate commerce must pay women the same rate of pay as men;covers hourly workers, executives, administrators, professional employees, and outside salespeople who receive salaries and/or commission. |
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| program established by an employer or a union that is designed to provide income to employees after they retire. |
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| government program that provides continuing but limited income to workers and their dependents. |
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| unemployment compensation |
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| system of government payments to people who are out of work and looking for a job. |
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| insurance program that provides income for workers who are injured or develop a disability or disease as a result of their job. |
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| unequal treatment of individuals based on sex, age, race, nationality, or religion. |
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| when an employer intentionally discriminates against an individual or a group of individuals belonging to one of the protected classes. |
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| bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) |
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| the defense an employer has against the charge of disparate treatment; allows the employer to show that the qualification in question is a bona fide employment qualification that many justify discrimination. |
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| when an employer has an employment policy or criteria that appears neutral on the surface but has an unfair impact on the members of one or more of the protected classes. |
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| employers have a defense against a charge of disparate impact. |
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| occurs when one worker demands sexual favors from another worker in exchange for some employment-related decision. |
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| when a pattern of severe and pervasive sexually demeaning behavior has altered the workplace, making it a distressing, humiliating, or hostile place. |
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| any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities. |
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