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- 3. The affirmation by the principal of an agent’s unauthorized action or promise. For the ratification to be effective, the principal must be aware of all material facts.
- 8. Requires employers to meet specific safety and health standards that are established and enforced.
- 10. Establishes requirements for employer-sponsored group health plans and must also comply with various safeguards to ensure the privacy of employees’ health information
- 12. Prohibits employers from hiring illegal immigrants.
- 13. Requires firms that contract with federal agencies to pay their employees a minimum wage and overtime pay.
- 14. Establishes standards for the management of employer-provided pension plans.
- 16. Under this doctrine, the principal is liable for any harm caused to another through the agent’s torts if the agent was acting within the scope of employment at the time the harmful act occurred.
- 19. In an employment relationship, an agent acts on behalf of and instead of this person in dealing with third parties.
- 21. Programs attempt to “make up” for past patterns of discrimination by giving members of protected classes preferential treatment in hiring or promotion.
- 22. The process by which labor and management negotiate the terms and conditions of employment (such as wages, benefits, and working conditions).
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- 1. Whenever an employer fires an employee in violation of an employment contract or statutory law protecting employees, the employee may bring a suit.
- 2. Prohibits employment discrimination against persons with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions of the jobs for which they apply.
- 4. Authority deemed necessary for the agent to carry out expressly authorized tasks or tasks customarily associated with the agent’s position.
- 5. Requires employers to give employees, on termination of employment, the option of continuing their medical, optical, or dental insurance coverage for a certain period at their own expense.
- 6. Act that requires most employers with fifty or more full-time employees to offer health insurance benefits.
- 7. Union members' ultimate weapon in labor-management struggles
- 9. Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender.
- 11. Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of age against individuals forty years of age or older.
- 14. Under this common law doctrine, either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason
- 15. Requires contractors and subcontractors working on federal government construction projects to pay their employees “prevailing wages.”
- 17. Exists when the principal, by word or action, causes a third party to reasonably believe that an agent has authority to act, even though the agent has no express or implied authority.
- 18. Requires employers with fifty or more employees to provide employees with up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave (twenty-six weeks for military caregiver leave) during any twelve-month period.
- 20. Prohibits discrimination against persons who have served in the military.