WGU D352 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Answer: 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 accommodation for applicants and workers with disabilities
when such accommodations would not impose "undue hardship;"
and equal opportunity in promotion and benefits.
◉ Tangible Job Action.
Answer: An employment outcome arising out of sexual harassment.
◉ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Answer: Protects all races from discrimination.
◉ Tort.
Answer: A civil wrong which causes someone harm.
◉ U.S Constitution.
,Answer: Established America's national government and
fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its
citizens.
◉ USERRA.
Answer: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights
Act
◉ Underutilization.
Answer: A discrepancy between the number of women and
minorities in a particular position and the number of qualified
women and minorities in the constituent market.
◉ Undue Hardship.
Answer: An accommodation to the work environment that places a
significant burden or expense on the employer.
◉ Unfair Labor Practice (ULP).
Answer: Action by an employer or a union that restrains or coerces
employees from exercising their rights to organize and bargain
collectively or to refrain from doing so.
◉ Unfair Labor Practices Strike.
,Answer: A stoppage of work in order to pressure management to
follow the law.
◉ Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA).
Answer: Enacted in 1994, it prevents any employer from
discriminating against someone who is or has been in military
service.
◉ Union Shops.
Answer: A bargaining clause that allows a condition that all
employees must join the union once hired.
◉ Unions.
Answer: An organization that represents workers in bargaining with
employers.
◉ Unwelcome Conduct.
Answer: Conduct that is not solicited by an employee and that a
reasonable person would regard as offensive.
◉ Vesting.
Answer: The conveying of an employee's rights to benefits or
contributions after a certain amount of time.
, ◉ Vicarious Liability.
Answer: A form of secondary liability that comes from the doctrine
of respondeat superior - "let the master answer for the servant".
◉ Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Assistance Act.
Answer: Passed in 1974, it requires contractors to take affirmative
action toward veterans.
◉ Sexual Harassment.
Answer: Harassment directed at an employee because of his or her
gender.
◉ Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Answer: Enacted in 1890, it prevents businesses from combining
together to restrain trade and seeking monopoly business power.
◉ Stare Decisis.
Answer: (Latin for "let the decision stand") the doctrine of a court
following the precedent of an earlier court
◉ Statute of Frauds.
Answer: A doctrine that requires certain contracts to be in writing.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Answer: 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 accommodation for applicants and workers with disabilities
when such accommodations would not impose "undue hardship;"
and equal opportunity in promotion and benefits.
◉ Tangible Job Action.
Answer: An employment outcome arising out of sexual harassment.
◉ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Answer: Protects all races from discrimination.
◉ Tort.
Answer: A civil wrong which causes someone harm.
◉ U.S Constitution.
,Answer: Established America's national government and
fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its
citizens.
◉ USERRA.
Answer: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights
Act
◉ Underutilization.
Answer: A discrepancy between the number of women and
minorities in a particular position and the number of qualified
women and minorities in the constituent market.
◉ Undue Hardship.
Answer: An accommodation to the work environment that places a
significant burden or expense on the employer.
◉ Unfair Labor Practice (ULP).
Answer: Action by an employer or a union that restrains or coerces
employees from exercising their rights to organize and bargain
collectively or to refrain from doing so.
◉ Unfair Labor Practices Strike.
,Answer: A stoppage of work in order to pressure management to
follow the law.
◉ Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA).
Answer: Enacted in 1994, it prevents any employer from
discriminating against someone who is or has been in military
service.
◉ Union Shops.
Answer: A bargaining clause that allows a condition that all
employees must join the union once hired.
◉ Unions.
Answer: An organization that represents workers in bargaining with
employers.
◉ Unwelcome Conduct.
Answer: Conduct that is not solicited by an employee and that a
reasonable person would regard as offensive.
◉ Vesting.
Answer: The conveying of an employee's rights to benefits or
contributions after a certain amount of time.
, ◉ Vicarious Liability.
Answer: A form of secondary liability that comes from the doctrine
of respondeat superior - "let the master answer for the servant".
◉ Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Assistance Act.
Answer: Passed in 1974, it requires contractors to take affirmative
action toward veterans.
◉ Sexual Harassment.
Answer: Harassment directed at an employee because of his or her
gender.
◉ Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Answer: Enacted in 1890, it prevents businesses from combining
together to restrain trade and seeking monopoly business power.
◉ Stare Decisis.
Answer: (Latin for "let the decision stand") the doctrine of a court
following the precedent of an earlier court
◉ Statute of Frauds.
Answer: A doctrine that requires certain contracts to be in writing.
