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Americans with disabilities act

Front

Forbids discrimination on basis of disability.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Front

Prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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Union

Front

Organization of employees formed to promote the welfare of its members

Back

Protected Classes

Front

Groups of people that cannot be fired based on anything but their work they are doing.

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Collective bargaining

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Process in which union and management representatives get together to work out issues such as wages, working conditions, and hiring and firing policies

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Equal pay act

Front

standard that states that employers working in interstate commerce must pay women the same rate of pay as men holding the same type of job

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Implied covenant

Front

legal argument that holds that any employment relationship is based on an implied promise that the employer and the employee will be fair and honest with one another

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Age discrimination in employment act

Front

forbids discrimination against any person aged 40 or older in hiring, firing, or other employment decisions.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Front

Federal government agency that regulates health and safety standards for companies in the United States

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Social Security Act

Front

government program that provides continuing income to workers and their dependents when their earnings stop or are reduced because of retirement disability, or death

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Workers compensation

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Insurance program that provides income for workers who are injured on the job

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Public Policy tort

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Legally theory that permits a discharged lawsuit against a former employer based on the argument that the firing somehow hurt the public at large

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Individual employment contracts

Front

A negotiation of their individual employment contract. Used mainly with sport stars and entertainment figures

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Unemployment Compensation

Front

system of government payments to people who are out of work and looking for a job.

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Employment-at-will

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an employer or employee can end an employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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Set up min wage and overtime

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Promissory Estoppel

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Bars employer from taking back certain types of promises that employees rely on.

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Implied Contract

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A contract that exists when an employer has said, written, or done something to lead an employee to reasonably believe that he or she is not an at-will employee.

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