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| ADA | Forbids discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability if the individual can perform “essential function” of the job. |
| ADEA | Forbids discrimination against any person aged 40 or older in hiring, firing, promotion, or other aspect of employment. |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADEA | Age Discrimination Employment Act |
| Agent | another person in some sort of business transaction with another party. |
| Child labor laws | Laws that control the work that children are permitted to do. |
| Collective bargaining agreement | Contract negotiated by employer and representatives |
| Disclaimer | 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. |
| Disparate impact | 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. |
| Disparate treatment | 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. |
| Employee | The party who does the work. |
| Employer | The party who pays another party for work. |
| Employee-at-will | party may terminate employer-employee relationship at any time. |
| Express authority | Includes all the orders, commands, or directions a principal states to an agent when the agency relationship is first created. |
| Featherbedding | A payment for services not performed. |
| Fiduciary | Relationship that is based on trust that exists between the agent and principal. |
| Gratuitous agent | A person who represents a person without being paid for it. |
| Grievous procedure | series of steps employees must take to appeal an employer’s decision. |
| Implied contract | 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. |
| Implied covenant | A promise that the employer and the employee will be fair in their dealings with each other. |
| Indemnification | Repayment of the amount lost. |
| Independent contractor | A person who is hired to perform a task for another person, but is not under the other person’s control. |
| Loyalty | Faithfulness or acting in a party’s best interest at all times. |
| Obedience | Agent must comply with all reasonable orders and instructions within th scope of the agency agreement. |
| OSHA | An agency of the federal government that sets health and safety standards for most U.S. companies. |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| Principal | The person who is being represented by another person in some sort of business transaction. |
| Proprietor | 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. |
| Ratification | Occurs when benefits from an unauthorized act are accepted with full knowledge of the facts. |
| Right-to-work-laws | Prohibits union shops. |
| Special agent | An agent who is employed to accomplish a specific purpose. |
| Subagent | An agent lawfully appointed by another agent. |
| Title VII | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Title VII | Forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, or religion. |
| Trade secret | Inside information on a firm’s processes, products, or inventions. |
| Unjust dismissal | Provides employees with grounds for legal action against employers who have treated them unfairly. |
| Worker's compensation | 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. |
