California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) - ✔️✔️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
Avoidable consequences doctrine - ✔️✔️Principal under which a complaining party's
damages in a harassment lawsuit may exclude any damages that the party might have
avoided if he or she had earlier reported possible harassment under an appropriate
company policy; available only when the company has taken appropriate proactive
steps to prevent workplace harassment
Alternative workweek - ✔️✔️Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee
to work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period
Adverse employment action - ✔️✔️Employment action (such as termination, demotion,
etc.) that either materially affects the terms and conditions of employment or would
deter an individual from engaging in a protected activity; required part of a retaliation
claim
Adverse action notice - ✔️✔️Documentation that an employer must provide to an
applicant or employee whenever the employer makes an employment decision based
on information obtained through a background check
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) -
✔️✔️Publishes Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines that are used in most cases
to decide type and amount of treatment approved for work injury or illness
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔️✔️Federal law that prohibits discrimination
against people with disabilities
Accident - ✔️✔️Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable
consequences
Antipiracy agreement - ✔️✔️Agreement by one party not to recruit employees of
another party, typically limited to a specific time period
Apportionment - ✔️✔️Way of figuring out how much of a permanent disability is due to
the work injury and how much is due to other disabilities
, Assembly Bill (AB) 1825 - ✔️✔️Requires sexual harassment training every two years
for supervisors employed by employers covered by the statute (generally, all state
entities as well as all employers receiving the services of 50 or more persons)
Bonus - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act - ✔️✔️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 Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️Agency that serves as
lead in California for emergency management
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️Law that addresses privacy on telephones and
other electronic equipment
Causal link - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️Notice employers must provide when employees are
terminated, discharged, laid off, or placed on leave of absense
Child - ✔️✔️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