Accident - correct answer Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences
Alternative workweek - correct answer Any regularly
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Adverse employment action - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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) - correct answer 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) - correct answer Federal law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
Antipiracy agreement - correct answer Agreement by one party not to recruit employees of another party, typically limited to a specific time period
Apportionment - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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)
Avoidable consequences doctrine - correct answer 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
Bonus - correct answer 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 - correct answer California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act - correct answer 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 Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) - correct answer 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
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA) - correct answer 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) - correct answer Agency that serves as lead in California for emergency management
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - correct answer 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) - correct answer 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) - correct answer Law that addresses privacy on telephones and other electronic equipment
Causal link - correct answer 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 - correct answer Notice employers must provide when employees are terminated, discharged, laid off, or placed on leave of absense
Child - correct answer 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
Claims administrator - correct answer Term for insurance companies and others that handle workers' compensation; also called claims examiner or claims adjuster
Collective bargaining agreement - correct answer Agreement negotiated between a labor union and an organization that sets forth the terms of employment for the employees who are subject to the agreement; may include provisions regarding wages, vacation time, working hours, working conditions, and health insurance benefits
Commission - correct answer Compensation paid to any person for services rendered in the sale of the organization's property or services and based upon the amount or value thereof
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) - correct answer Joint labor-management body that oversees the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California
Conditional offer of employment - correct answer Offer of employment that will not be withdrawn so long as specified conditions are satisfied, such as passing a background check or medical examination
Constructive discharge - correct answer Theory under which a court will permit an employee who actually quit to nonetheless bring a legal claim as though the employer had terminated the employment, if the circumstances under which the employee quit were so intolerable that any reasonable person in the same circumstances would have felt compelled to quit [Show Less]