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PHR-CA EXAM STUDY GUIDEAccident - Answers -Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable
consequences
Alternative workweek - Answers -Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an
employee to work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period
Bonus - Answers -Money promised to an employee in addition to the monthly salary,
hourly wage, commission, or piece rate due as compensation; usually based on
performance
Cal/OSHA - Answers -California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act - Answers -Requires a covered employer to give a particular kind of
written notice 60 days in advance of certain notice-triggering events (mass layoffs,
relocations, or termination)
California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) - Answers -Contains the regulations of
approximately 200 state regulatory agencies; regulations have been formally adopted
by state agencies; reviewed and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed
with the Secretary of State
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA) - Answers -State law that
imposes restrictions on the use, disclosure, and storage of private medical information,
including steps required to safeguard such information from theft or other inappropriate
access
California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) - Answers -Agency that serves
as lead in California for emergency management
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - Answers -Provides unpaid job-protected time off
and continuation of benefits for eligible employees with a serious health condition or
who need to care for certain family members
California Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - Answers -Law that requires Web
sites seeking information from visitors, such as online employment application, to post a
privacy policy meeting certain requirements
California Privacy Act (CPA) - Answers -Law that addresses privacy on telephones and
other electronic equipment
Causal link - Answers -Link that an employee complaining of retaliation must prove to
show that the employer took an adverse employment action against the employee
because of a protected activity
, Change-of-status notice - Answers -Notice employers must provide when employees
are terminated, discharged, laid off, or placed on leave of absense
Child - Answers -Biological, adopted, or foster son or daughter, stepson or
stepdaughter, legal ward, or child of an employee who stands in loco parentis to that
child, who is either under 18 years of age or an adult dependent child
Claims administrator - Answers -Term for insurance companies and others that handle
workers' compensation; also called claims examiner or claims adjuster
Collective bargaining agreement - Answers -Agreement negotiated between a labor
union and an organization that sets forth the terms of employment for the employees
who are subject to the agreement; may include provisions regarding wages, vacation
time, working hours, working conditions, and health insurance benefits
Commission - Answers -Compensation paid to any person for services rendered in the
sale of the organization's property or services and based upon the amount or value
thereof
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) - Answers -
Joint labor-management body that oversees the health and safety and workers'
compensation systems in California
Conditional offer of employment - Answers -Offer of employment that will not be
withdrawn so long as specified conditions are satisfied, such as passing a background
check or medical examination
Constructive discharge - Answers -Theory under which a court will permit an employee
who actually quit to nonetheless bring a legal claim as though the employer had
terminated the employment, if the circumstances under which the employee quit were
so intolerable that any reasonable person in the same circumstances would have felt
compelled to quit
Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA) - Answers -State law that imposes
requirements employers must follow when they seek credit information about an
employee or applicant during a background check by accessing public records
Crime victim - Answers -Person who has been the victim of a violent felony, a serious
felony, or a felony provision of the law proscribing theft or embezzlement
Cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) - Answers -Disorder that is caused by repeated
events or repeated exposures at work, for example, wrist injury caused by performing
the same motion over and over or a loss of hearing caused by constant loud noise
Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) - Answers -California government
agency responsible for administering the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA),
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