ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Workers Comp - Answers an exclusive remedy - must prove you are an employee and the injury was an
accident, if you accept workers comp benefits you can't turn around and sew your employer for an
accidental injury that happened at work, even if it was the result of your employers actions
OSHA - Answers - was enacted in 1970
-designed to promote safety in the workplace
-cannot fire you if you decline dangerous working conditions
Occupational safety and health act - Answers what does OSHA stand for
fair labor standards act - Answers what does FLSA stand for
fair labor standards act - Answers most comprehension wage and hour law we have to this day
-child labor
- minimum wage
- over time
14 - Answers under the age of ___ you can only
- deliver news papers
-chores for parents
- agricultural setting
- entertainment industry with supervision
$7.24 - Answers federal minimum wage
overtime - Answers 1 and a half times your regular pay
overtime - Answers calculated based on the number of HOURS a week you work- any hours over 40
Cobra - Answers a federal law that permits employees to continue their insurance even after they have
been fired
family and medical leave act - Answers What does FMLA stand for
FMLA - Answers guarantees an employee of up to 12 weeks of UNPAID leave for family and medical
emergencies
, -also applies to family members who want to take care of families who are on active duty
- you are guaranteed your original or comperable position (you get you job back or something similar)
- only exception to this is if you're in the top 10% wage earners for that employer
monitor - Answers as an employer you want to avoid liability for invasion of privacy claims it is in your
best interest to notify your employees that you're going to _____ their electronic devices
title 7 - Answers prohibits employment discrimination
-race
-color
-nation Oregon
-gender
-religion
EEOC - Answers federal agency that monitors employers and clients is called ____?
equal employment opportunity commission - Answers What does EEOC stand for?
investigate and file sew, investigate and settle with employer, or issue a write to sew letter - Answers
what are 3 things EEOC does?
issue a write to sew letter - Answers when EEOC does not find evidence against anything they ______
- giving you permission to sew
district treatment - Answers when a specific individual is targeted and discriminated against
disparate impact - Answers when an entire protected group is discriminated against
disparate impact to discrimination - Answers a law can be neutral on its face but when you dig deeper
that law can have some discriminatory intent
reverse discrimination - Answers title 7 also protects people that fall into majority groups
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - Answers -2009
federal statute that allows someone who feels like they are the victim of gender discrimination in the
form of pay
- give them 180 days from each paycheck to file a claim with the EEOC