| A | B |
|---|
| Age Discrimination Act | prohibits discrimination against 40-70 year olds in workplace |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | civil right protection for everyone |
| COBRA | allows terminated workers to purchase group health insurance |
| Equal Employment Opportunities Commission EEOC | prevents unfair treatment on job due to sex, race, disability, age |
| Family Medical Leave Act | 12 weeks to care for baby or ill family member without losing job |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | sets minimum wage, requires over-time pay for over 40 hrs. work |
| Generativity | "working years" when developing family |
| Layoff | involuntary loss of job |
| Life Roles | parts of one's life-citizen, parent, worker |
| Lifestyle | way a person lives-home, transportation, social life |
| Occupational change | changes in job status |
| Pink slip | notice of termination |
| Reduction in force | employing fewer people |
| Rehabilitation Act | protection to those with physical or mental handicaps |
| Resources | things a person can use to help reach goals |
| Sandwich generation | people caring for both their parents and children at the same time |
| Termination | dismissal from employment |
| Time management | plan to use time wisely |
| Transition | changing from one state, activity, job, or place to another |
| Unemployment insurance | state-federal funds for limited time to unemployed workers |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services | training unemployed workers for different job |
| Worker's compensation | pay to workers injured on the job |
| Work Ethic | how a person feels about his/her job and the effort he/she puts into it |
