Employment Law: Vocabulary - C233
WGU Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Correct answer-Employers with 15 or
more employees are prohibited from discriminating against people with
disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require:
- equal opportunity in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with
disabilities
- job accomodation for applicants and workers with disabilities when such
accomodations would not impose "undue hardship"
- equal opportunity in promotion and benefits
Affirmative action - Correct answer-Making an extra effort to hire and promote
those in protected groups, particularly when those groups are underrepresented
Affirmative action plan - Correct 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
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,Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct answer-Act prohibiting
arbitrary age discrimination, specifically protecting individuals over the age of 40
Agency theory - Correct answer-Person (for example, a manager) is expected to act
on behalf of a principal (for example, the owner of the company)
Animus - Correct answer-Mind set or intention
Arbitration - Correct answer-A procedure for resolving collective bargaining
impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) chooses a solution to the dispute
Bargaining unit - Correct answer-A group of employees performing jobs in an
industry with sufficient "community of interests" to constitute a unit to be
represented in collective bargaining
BFOQ (Bonafide Occupational Qualifications) - Correct answer-Job requirements
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 - Correct answer-A practice necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations
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, Case law - Correct answer-The law is laid down in the the decisions for the courts
(distinct from statutes or other sources of law)
Civil law - Correct answer-Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than with
crimes
Color - Correct answer-Skin pigmentation especially other than white
characteristic of race
Common law - Correct answer-Principles developed over centuries as a result of
legal decisions made by judges in individual cases
Comparable worth - Correct answer-A public policy that advocates remedies for
any undervaluation of women's jobs (also called pay equity)
Complaint - Correct answer-A formal allegation against a party
Conciliation - Correct answer-Process where a third party acts as an intermediary
between the parties in a labor dispute, helping them to reach a settlement
Conglomerate - Correct answer-A highly diversified firm that has multiple
businesses with no relationships
Constructive discharge - Correct answer-Dismissal that occurs when an employer
forces and employee to resign by creating a work environment that is so unpleasant
that a reasonable person would resign
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WGU Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Correct answer-Employers with 15 or
more employees are prohibited from discriminating against people with
disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require:
- equal opportunity in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with
disabilities
- job accomodation for applicants and workers with disabilities when such
accomodations would not impose "undue hardship"
- equal opportunity in promotion and benefits
Affirmative action - Correct answer-Making an extra effort to hire and promote
those in protected groups, particularly when those groups are underrepresented
Affirmative action plan - Correct 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
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,Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct answer-Act prohibiting
arbitrary age discrimination, specifically protecting individuals over the age of 40
Agency theory - Correct answer-Person (for example, a manager) is expected to act
on behalf of a principal (for example, the owner of the company)
Animus - Correct answer-Mind set or intention
Arbitration - Correct answer-A procedure for resolving collective bargaining
impasses by which an arbitrator (third party) chooses a solution to the dispute
Bargaining unit - Correct answer-A group of employees performing jobs in an
industry with sufficient "community of interests" to constitute a unit to be
represented in collective bargaining
BFOQ (Bonafide Occupational Qualifications) - Correct answer-Job requirements
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 - Correct answer-A practice necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations
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, Case law - Correct answer-The law is laid down in the the decisions for the courts
(distinct from statutes or other sources of law)
Civil law - Correct answer-Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than with
crimes
Color - Correct answer-Skin pigmentation especially other than white
characteristic of race
Common law - Correct answer-Principles developed over centuries as a result of
legal decisions made by judges in individual cases
Comparable worth - Correct answer-A public policy that advocates remedies for
any undervaluation of women's jobs (also called pay equity)
Complaint - Correct answer-A formal allegation against a party
Conciliation - Correct answer-Process where a third party acts as an intermediary
between the parties in a labor dispute, helping them to reach a settlement
Conglomerate - Correct answer-A highly diversified firm that has multiple
businesses with no relationships
Constructive discharge - Correct answer-Dismissal that occurs when an employer
forces and employee to resign by creating a work environment that is so unpleasant
that a reasonable person would resign
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