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28 Cards in this Set
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) |
covers all employers engaged in interstate commerce or the production of goods for interstate commerce; many requirements |
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) |
1993; covers all public employers or private employers with more than 50 employees; guarantees eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during an 12 month period for any family related occurrences listed |
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Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) |
1935; created a state system to provide unemployment compensation |
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Unemployment Compensation |
payments to those who have lost their jobs |
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Workers' Compensation Law |
purely state law that ensures covered workers who are injured on the job can receive financial compensation through administrative procedure rather than suing their employer |
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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) |
ensures employees who lose jobs or have hours reduced at a level at which they are no longer eligible to receive medical, dental, or optical benefits can continue receiving benefits for themselves and their dependents under employer policy |
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) |
federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for indivudals in these plans |
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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) |
requires that every employer furnish to each of his employees employment free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm |
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine |
provides that a contract of employment for an indeterminate period of time may be terminated at will by either party at any time for any reason |
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Implied-Contract Exception |
implied employment contract may arise from statements the employer makes in an employment handbook, length of service, statements by the employer indicating long-term employment, or materials advertising the position |
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Public Policy Exception |
prohibits employers from firing employees engaged in activities that further the public interest |
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Implied Convenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Exception |
assumes that every employment contract contains an implicit understanding that the parties will deal fairly with one another |
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Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 |
employers cannot listen to or disclose contents of private telephone conversations of employees |
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 |
amended previous statute, extending employee privacy rights to electronic forms of communication including email and cell phones |
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Reasonable Expectation of Privacy |
protection from government surveillance without a court order, third parties without authorization |
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Collective Bargaining |
negotations between an employer and a group of employees so as to determine the conditions of employment |
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Wagner Act |
established collective bargaining |
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Taft-Hartley Act |
curtailed some powers of unions established under Wagner Act |
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Landrum-Griffin Act |
governs internal operations of labor unions |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) |
interprets and enforces National Labor Relations Act |
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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) |
monitors union and employer, prevents unfair labor practices, and establishes rules |
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Strike |
temporary, concerted withdrawal of labor |
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Boycott |
refusal to deal with or purchase goods from a business |
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Primary Boycotts |
against the employer with whom the union is directly engaged in a labor dispute; legal |
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Secondary Boycotts |
when employees have labor dispute with their employer and boycott another company to force it to cease doing business with the employer; illegal |
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Picketing |
individuals who place themselves outside an employer's place of business for the purpose of informing passerby of the facts of a labor dispute |
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Informational Picketing |
picketing that truthfully informs; legal |
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Signal Picketing |
prevents deliveries or services to employer; illegal |
