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| Civil Rights Act | A US labor law legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. |
| Equal Pay Act | is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. |
| Age Discrimination in employment Act | protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment. |
| Immigration reform and Control Act | a law passed to deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders. |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities. |
| 360-degree feedback | a method of performance evaluation that uses performance feedback gathered from a broad range of people with whom the employee works, both inside and outside the organization. |
| Employee assistance Programs | Employer programs that provides confidential individual assistance including counseling and support services for employees experiencing serious personal or family issues. |
| employee turnover | The rate at which people enter and leave employment in a business during a year. |
| exit interview | A formal interview with an employee who is leaving a company to determine the person's attitudes and feelings about the company and seek suggestions for improving the company. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | Federal law that prescribes standards for wages and overtime pay. |
| human resources management | All activities involved with acquiring, developing, and compensating the people who do the company's work. |
| job description | A list of the duties and responsibilities that make up a job. |
| job specification | a list of the qualifications and skills a worker needs to do a job. |
| Ethics | The study of morality, right or wrong. |
| Morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
| conscience | conformity to one's own sense of right conduct |
| consequence | a result, effect; importance |
| Obedience | behavior that's respectful and mindful of rules and laws. |
| moral situation | Those situations in which there is a choice of behavior involving human values |
| Ethical System | A set of moral principles, or values, that are used to guide and shape behavior |
