Comprehensive HR and Employment Law Key Concepts 260+ (Latest Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer Key Solutions

Comprehensive HR and Employment
Law Key Concepts
(Latest 2025-2026 Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer Key
260+
Solutions


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Question 1
ACTIVE LISTENING
Correct Answer
A technique used in counseling, conflict resolution, and training that involves listening with all senses and fully concentrating on
what is being said rather than passively 'hearing' the message from the speaker.


Question 2
APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS (ATS)
Correct Answer
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software that manages the recruiting and hiring process, including job postings and job
applications.


Question 3
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
Correct Answer
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, specifically computer systems.


Question 4
ASSESSMENT CENTERS
Correct Answer
A standardized evaluation of candidate behavior based on multiple evaluations including job-related simulations, interviews,
and/or psychological tests.


Question 5
BALANCED SCORECARD
Correct Answer
A performance metric used in strategic management to identify and improve various internal functions of a business and their
resulting outcomes. It is used to measure and provide feedback to organizations.

,Question 6
BENCHMARKING
Correct Answer
The practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from
other companies in order to set goals for performance improvement.


Question 7
BROWN-BAG LUNCH
Correct Answer
An informal opportunity for employees to learn at work. Brown bag lunch originally referred to the practice of
employees bringing a lunch packed in a brown bag from home or a carry-out lunch to an informal learning
opportunity in the workplace.


Question 8
BUSINESS CASE
Correct Answer
Captures the reasoning for initiating a project or task and includes information needed for management's
authorization of the project.


Question 9
CAREER PLANNING
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Enables an individual to focus on where they want to be in their professional lives, including short and long-term
career goals.


Question 10
CLOUD COMPUTING

Correct Answer
The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data,
rather than a local server or a personal computer.


Question 11
CODETERMINATION
Correct Answer
The cooperation between management and workers in decision-making, especially by the representation of
workers on boards of directors.


Question 12
COMPLIANCE
Correct Answer
The process of making sure your company and employees follow the federal and state laws, regulations,
standards, and ethical practices that apply to your organization.


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,Question 13
CONFIDENTIALITY
Correct Answer
The privacy of personal information and protection against unauthorized disclosure.


Question 14
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCIPLINE
Correct Answer
The process of documenting corrective discipline that results in increasingly severe penalties for employees, from
verbal warning to termination.


Question 15
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
Correct Answer
A self-regulating business model that helps a company be socially accountable — to itself, its stakeholders, and
the public.


Question 16
CULTURE

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The mix of an organization's leadership, values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviours and attitudes that
contribute to the emotional and relational environment of a workplace.


Question 17
DEDICATED HR
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An HR departmental structure that promotes strategic alliance between corporate headquarters and multiple
business units.


Question 18
DISPARATE TREATMENT
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Unequal behavior toward someone because of a protected characteristic (e.g. race or gender) under Title VII of the
United States Civil Rights Act.


Question 19
DIVERSITY COUNCIL

Correct Answer
A formal group that advocates workforce diversity and inclusion through training, consulting, programs and
education.




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, Question 20
DOWNSIZING
Correct Answer
The permanent reduction of a company's labor force through the elimination of workers or divisions for reasons
other than actionable offenses (also called reduction in force).


Question 21
DUE DILIGENCE
Correct Answer
The investigation or exercise of care that a business or person is expected to take before entering into an
agreement or contract with another party, or an act with a certain standard of care.


Question 22
DUTY OF LOYALTY
Correct Answer
Is a director's responsibility to act at all times in the best interests of their company. The duty of loyalty is one of
the two primary fiduciary duties required to be discharged by a company's directors, the other being the duty of
care.


Question 23
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Correct Answer
The extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put
discretionary effort into their work.


Question 24
EMPLOYEE VALUE PROPOSITION (EVP)
Correct Answer
A set of associations and offerings provided by an organization in return for the skills, capabilities and experiences
an employee brings to the organization.


Question 25
ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING
Correct Answer
The process of gathering information about events and their relationships within an organization's internal and
external environments to help management determine the future direction of the organization.


Question 26
ETHICS
Correct Answer
The moral code that guides the behavior of employees with respect to what is right and wrong, and to what is
good and bad, in regard to conduct and decision making.


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