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| Age Discrimination Act in Employment | prohibits discrimination against applicants and employees 40 years of age or older in hiring |
| Agency shop | a type of union arrangement in which employees are not required to join the union; however |
| Americans with Disability Act | a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s disability if the disabled person is able to perform the essential functions of the job. |
| Closed shop | a type of union arrangement in which applicants must join the union before being hired by a company. |
| Disparate impact | occurs when an employer creates a seemingly fair employment practice that has a negative impact on members of a protected class. |
| Employee | a person who works for an employer for a wage |
| Employer | a person or company who pays an employee a wage |
| Employment law | the division of law that governs the relationship between employers and employees. |
| Employment-at-will | means that an employee or employer can terminate employment for any reason without being liable for breach of contract. |
| Express employment agreement | a formal contract that specifically states the terms and conditions of employment. This agreement can be oral or written. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | federal law that sets the minimum wage |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | provides eligible employees with unpaid |
| Implied employment agreement | an employment contract in which the terms and conditions may be inferred through the actions |
| Independent contractor | a person who works for an employer for a wage |
| North Carolina Department of Labor | promotes the general well-being |
| North Carolina Youth Employment Provisions of the Wage and Hour Act for Nonagricultural Occupations | a state law the sets the labor standards and guidelines for youth 17 years old and younger. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Act | a federal law that establishes and promotes workplace safety standards for businesses. |
| Open shop | a type of union arrangement in which employees are neither required to join the union nor pay union dues. |
| Right-to-Work Law | a state law that prohibits employees from requiring employees to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment. |
| Social Security Act | created to provide financial assistance to eligible workers and their dependents in the form of retirement |
| The Civil Rights Act of 1991 | created to strengthen civil rights laws |
| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | prohibits employment agencies |
| Unemployment Compensation | an insurance program that provides temporary income for qualified individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. |
| Union | a type of organization comprised of employees. The organization is formed to ensure favorable work conditions |
| Union shop | a type of union arrangement in which non-union applicants can be hired |
| Workers’ compensation | government-regulated program that provides medical benefits and income to employees who are injured or acquire a disease as a result of their job. |
