Understanding the Workplace

The production, purchase and sale of goods in a world wide market:

• economics

• supply

• global economy

• producers

study of how people produce, distribute and use goods and services:

• economics

• jobs

• producers

• profit

sequence of occupations and other roles you play in your life:

• social security

• career planning

• child labor laws

• careers

A federal Government program that provides benefits for people of all ages:

• free enterprise

• entrepreneur

• American with disabilities act

• Social security

Amount of goods and services available for sale:

• supply

• demand

• consumer

• producer

A person who organizes and runs a business:

• consumer

• producer

• entrepreneur

• profit

Makes or provides goods and services that consumers buy and use:

• career

• demand

• consumer

• producer

The 1990 federal law that forbids discrimination against persons who are disabled:

The Fair Labor Standards Act limits the hours that youth under 16 years of age can work and lists hazardous occupations too dangerous for young workers to perform.