Employment Law: Vocabulary - C233 WGU, Questions and answers, Graded A+, VERIFIED 2024

American with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from discriminating against people with disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require: - equal opportunity in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with disabilities - job accomodation for applicants and workers with disabilities when such accomodations would not impose "undue hardship" - equal opportunity in promotion and benefits Affirmative action - Making an extra effort to hire and promote those in protected groups, particularly when those groups are underrepresented Affirmative action plan - Plan that analyzes a workforce to determine whether protected classes are underutilized in different job groups, and describes how an organization will address any underutilization that exists Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Act prohibiting arbitrary age discrimination, specifically protecting individuals over the age of 40 Agency theory - Person (for example, a manager) is expected to act on behalf of a principal (for example, the owner of the company) Animus - Mind set or intention Arbitration - A procedure for resolving collective bargaining impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) chooses a solution to the disputeBargaining unit - A group of employees performing jobs in an industry with sufficient "community of interests" to constitute a unit to be represented in collective bargaining