unit 5 the law and the workplace ch 15 employment law 15.2 employee rights
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Unit 5 The Law and Unit 5 The Law and the Workplacethe WorkplaceCH 15 Employment LawCH 15 Employment Law15.2 Employee Rights15.2 Employee Rights
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ObjectivesObjectives
Students will explain how the law Students will explain how the law protects employee health and safetyprotects employee health and safety
Students will describe the laws that Students will describe the laws that guarantee fair wages and benefits.guarantee fair wages and benefits.
Students will identify the laws that Students will identify the laws that prohibit different forms of discriminationprohibit different forms of discrimination
Students will define disparate treatment Students will define disparate treatment and disparate impact.and disparate impact.
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Academic VocabularyAcademic Vocabulary
Voluntary-Adjective, means done out of Voluntary-Adjective, means done out of free willfree will
Random-Adjective, means lacking Random-Adjective, means lacking methodmethod
Waiver-Noun, means an intentional Waiver-Noun, means an intentional relinquishment of a right.relinquishment of a right.
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Health and SafetyHealth and Safety
Employee rightsEmployee rightsRight to health and safety Right to health and safety
protectionsprotectionsRight to fair wages and benefitsRight to fair wages and benefitsRight to privacyRight to privacyRight to equal opportunity in the Right to equal opportunity in the
workplaceworkplace
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Health and SafetyHealth and Safety
Occupational Safety and Health ActOccupational Safety and Health Act OSHA-government agency that regulates OSHA-government agency that regulates
health and safety standards for health and safety standards for companiescompanies
Inspects workplaces at randomInspects workplaces at random Investigates written employee complaints, Investigates written employee complaints,
workplace deaths, and disastersworkplace deaths, and disasters Protects employees from being fired for filing Protects employees from being fired for filing
complaintscomplaints Levies fines for rule violationsLevies fines for rule violations
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Health and SafetyHealth and Safety
The Environmental Policy ActThe Environmental Policy ActEnvironmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Agency (EPA)PollutionPollution
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Fair Wages and BenefitsFair Wages and Benefits
Fair Labor Standards ActFair Labor Standards Act OverseesOversees
Minimum WageMinimum Wage OvertimeOvertime Minors in the workplaceMinors in the workplace
Equal Pay ActEqual Pay Act Equal Pay Rule-standard that states that Equal Pay Rule-standard that states that
employers working in interstate commerce must employers working in interstate commerce must pay women the same rate of pay as men holding pay women the same rate of pay as men holding the same type of jobthe same type of job
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Fair Wages and BenefitsFair Wages and Benefits
The Employment Retirement Income Security ActThe Employment Retirement Income Security Act Prevents abuses of employee pension plansPrevents abuses of employee pension plans Pension Plan-program established by and employer or Pension Plan-program established by and employer or
union to provide income to employees after they retire.union to provide income to employees after they retire.
The Family and Medical Leave ActThe Family and Medical Leave Act Allows an employee unpaid leave up to 12 weeks to care Allows an employee unpaid leave up to 12 weeks to care
for sick family membersfor sick family members Employee is entitled to the same job and pay when they Employee is entitled to the same job and pay when they
returnreturn
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Fair Wages and BenefitsFair Wages and Benefits
The Social Security ActThe Social Security Act Social Security-government program that provides Social Security-government program that provides
continuing income to workers and their dependents when continuing income to workers and their dependents when their earnings stop or are reduced because of retirement, their earnings stop or are reduced because of retirement, disability, or deathdisability, or death
Unemployment CompensationUnemployment Compensation Unemployment Compensation-system of government Unemployment Compensation-system of government
payments to people who are out of work and liking for a jobpayments to people who are out of work and liking for a job Workers CompensationWorkers Compensation
Workers Compensation-insurance program that provides Workers Compensation-insurance program that provides income for workers who are injured on the job or develop a income for workers who are injured on the job or develop a disability or disease as a result of their jobdisability or disease as a result of their job
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Employee Privacy RightsEmployee Privacy Rights
Areas of privacy Areas of privacy Guaranteeing privacy for governmental Guaranteeing privacy for governmental
employeesemployees Testing employees for drug useTesting employees for drug use Using polygraph tests in the hiring and firing of Using polygraph tests in the hiring and firing of
employeesemployees
Federal Privacy ActFederal Privacy Act Gives Government employees the right to see Gives Government employees the right to see
and fix what is in their employment foldersand fix what is in their employment folders
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Employee Privacy RightsEmployee Privacy Rights
The Drug-Free Workplace Act The Drug-Free Workplace Act Regulates Drug Testing for government worker Regulates Drug Testing for government worker
and government contractorsand government contractors Some states and passed laws for the private Some states and passed laws for the private
sector alsosector also
The Employee Polygraph Protection ActThe Employee Polygraph Protection Act Can’t use in hiring or firing Can’t use in hiring or firing Can be used in businesses that are involved in Can be used in businesses that are involved in
security or controlled substancessecurity or controlled substances
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Equal Employment Equal Employment Opportunity Opportunity
Discrimination-the unequal treatment of an Discrimination-the unequal treatment of an individuals based on sex, age, race, nationality, or individuals based on sex, age, race, nationality, or religionreligion
The Civil Rights Act of 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Disparate Treatment-when an employer intentionally Disparate Treatment-when an employer intentionally
discriminates against an individual or a group of individuals discriminates against an individual or a group of individuals belonging to a protected classbelonging to a protected class
Disparate Impact-when an employer has an employment Disparate Impact-when an employer has an employment policy that appears neutral on the surface but has an unfair policy that appears neutral on the surface but has an unfair impact on members of a protected classimpact on members of a protected class
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Equal Employment Equal Employment Opportunity Opportunity
Civil Rights Act of 1991Civil Rights Act of 1991 The Pregnancy Discrimination ActThe Pregnancy Discrimination Act The Immigration Reform ActThe Immigration Reform Act The Age Discrimination in Employment The Age Discrimination in Employment
ActAct Americans with Disabilities ActAmericans with Disabilities Act Sexual HarassmentSexual Harassment
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DiscussDiscuss
In what area of your life is privacy In what area of your life is privacy important?important?
Why do you think the Equal Pay Act only Why do you think the Equal Pay Act only covers employers engaged in interstate covers employers engaged in interstate commerce?commerce?
What is Workers Compensation and how What is Workers Compensation and how can abuse of the system be stopped?can abuse of the system be stopped?
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DiscussDiscuss
Affirmative Action, what is it and what do Affirmative Action, what is it and what do you think about it?you think about it?
Can a person with a vision impairment Can a person with a vision impairment sue if he or she was not hired for a job sue if he or she was not hired for a job because it required driving at night?because it required driving at night?
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ActivityActivity
Use the internet to research how polygraph Use the internet to research how polygraph machines work and if they are reliable in machines work and if they are reliable in detecting lies. detecting lies.
Find pictures of such a machine and find out Find pictures of such a machine and find out how they developed technologically over the how they developed technologically over the years.years.
Research applications o the machines in Research applications o the machines in today’s world.today’s world.
Detail what factors might influence the Detail what factors might influence the accuracy of a lie detector testaccuracy of a lie detector test