WGU - EMPLOYMENT LAW EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ....ANSWER ...-prohibits employers with
15 or more employees from discriminating against people with disabilities
Affirmative action - ....ANSWER ...-Making an extra effort to hire and promote
those in protected groups, particularly when those in protected groups are
underrepresented.
Affirmative Action Plan - ....ANSWER ...-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) - ....ANSWER ...-Act prohibiting
age discrimination in employment for persons age 40 and over.
Agency Theory - ....ANSWER ...-When a person (for example, a manager) is
expected to act on behalf of a principal (for an example the owner, or the company.)
animus - ....ANSWER ...-Mindset or intention
Arbitration - ....ANSWER ...-A procedure for resolving collective bargaining
impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) choose a solution to the the dispute
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, Bargaining unit - ....ANSWER ...-A group of employees the union will be
authorized to represent in collective bargaining
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) - ....ANSWER ...-Job requirement
that an employee be a particular religion, sex, or national origin that is reasonably
necessary to business operations.
For instance, it is assumed that an opening for a Baptist minister at a local Baptist
church would be filled by a minister who is actually a person who celebrates the Baptist
religion and not, say, the Episcopal religion.
Business Necessity - ....ANSWER ...-a practice necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations
Case Law - ....ANSWER ...-The rules of law announced in court decisions (
Distinct from statutes or other sources of law)
Civil Law - ....ANSWER ...-Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than
with crimes
Color - ....ANSWER ...-Skin pigmentation especially other than white
characteristic of race
Common Law - ....ANSWER ...-Principles developed as an result of legal decisions
made by judges in individual cases over centuries
Comparable worth - ....ANSWER ...-A public policy that advocates for equal pay
for women whose jobs call for comparable skill and responsibility as the men in their job
capacity
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ....ANSWER ...-prohibits employers with
15 or more employees from discriminating against people with disabilities
Affirmative action - ....ANSWER ...-Making an extra effort to hire and promote
those in protected groups, particularly when those in protected groups are
underrepresented.
Affirmative Action Plan - ....ANSWER ...-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) - ....ANSWER ...-Act prohibiting
age discrimination in employment for persons age 40 and over.
Agency Theory - ....ANSWER ...-When a person (for example, a manager) is
expected to act on behalf of a principal (for an example the owner, or the company.)
animus - ....ANSWER ...-Mindset or intention
Arbitration - ....ANSWER ...-A procedure for resolving collective bargaining
impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) choose a solution to the the dispute
...COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..... TRUSTED & VERIFIED... 1
, Bargaining unit - ....ANSWER ...-A group of employees the union will be
authorized to represent in collective bargaining
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) - ....ANSWER ...-Job requirement
that an employee be a particular religion, sex, or national origin that is reasonably
necessary to business operations.
For instance, it is assumed that an opening for a Baptist minister at a local Baptist
church would be filled by a minister who is actually a person who celebrates the Baptist
religion and not, say, the Episcopal religion.
Business Necessity - ....ANSWER ...-a practice necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations
Case Law - ....ANSWER ...-The rules of law announced in court decisions (
Distinct from statutes or other sources of law)
Civil Law - ....ANSWER ...-Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than
with crimes
Color - ....ANSWER ...-Skin pigmentation especially other than white
characteristic of race
Common Law - ....ANSWER ...-Principles developed as an result of legal decisions
made by judges in individual cases over centuries
Comparable worth - ....ANSWER ...-A public policy that advocates for equal pay
for women whose jobs call for comparable skill and responsibility as the men in their job
capacity
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