1.31.23 HRP Workplace Vocabulary

Who is this person?

• boss

• customer

• employee

Companies that refuse to hire workers over 50 years old are guilty of age_________.

affects employers when dealing with chronic health problems of employees

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Family Medical Leave Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Worker’s Compensation

ensures employers establish safe working conditions

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Family Medical Leave Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Workplace Policies

All of the following are protected classes for employment except:

• religion

• age

• gender

• sports team affiliation

Federal law is likely to supply which of the following terms in employment contracts?

• job title

• minimum wage

• job location

• promotion opportunities

Eric is a chef. He slipped and fell in the kitchen at work breaking his leg. What benefit should Eric receive?

• Implied employment agreement

• Express employment agreement

• Unemployment compensation

• Workers compensation

Teresa is in a serious accident. She is paralyzed from the waist down but can still perform her job with a reasonable accommodation. What protects her from losing her job and requires her company to provide the accommodations to perform her job?

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Paralyzed Americans Act

• Severe Handicapped Act

• Taft-Harley Act

The rates of pay for overtime work for monthly rated workers are ____________ times the hourly rate of pay.

• 2

• 1

• 1.5

• 3

The Equal Pay Act focuses on the discrimination of wages based on which of the following?

• Gender

• Age

• Race

• Disability