WGU C233 EMPLOYMENT STUDY 2026/2027 GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Dual Purpose Mission - ✔✔Occurs when an employee conducts personal and work
business at the same time; subjecting the employer to liability for the employee's actions
✔✔Due Diligence - ✔✔Reasonable steps taken by an employer to ensure that
applicants are eligible to be hired.
✔✔E-Verify - ✔✔An online tool administered through the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) and used by employers to verify the validity of
documents presented by new hires.
✔✔Economic Realities Test - ✔✔A test that classifies a worker as an employee if the
employee is substantially economically dependent on an employer.
✔✔Economic Strike - ✔✔A stoppage of work based upon a union's frustration that
management will not meet its demands for improvements in wages, hours, and benefits.
✔✔Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1986, it prohibits
employers from intercepting or accessing employee communications.
✔✔Employee - ✔✔One who performs services under the direction and control of
another.
✔✔Employee Polygraph Protection Act - ✔✔Enacted in 1988, it prevents employers
from using polygraph tests for recruiting or retention purposes.
✔✔Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1974, it protects
worker benefits and encourages employer management of retirement funds.
✔✔Employer - ✔✔One who employs the services of others in exchange for wages.
✔✔Employment-at-will Doctrine - ✔✔The predominant rule governing employer-
employee relations that states that an employer may terminate an employee at any
time, for any legal reason, without incurring liability.
✔✔English-only - ✔✔A rule established by an employer that only allows English to be
spoken in the workplace; Title VII allows for this rule under certain circumstances where
there is no discriminatory purpose or effect.
✔✔Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - ✔✔The federal agency that
enforces federal anti-discrimination laws and oversees all federal equal opportunity in
employment regulations.
, ✔✔Equal Pay Act (EPA) - ✔✔Passed in 1963, it requires nearly all employers to pay
men and women equally for the same work.
✔✔Escalator Principle - ✔✔A provision of USERRA that requires an employer to place
a returning veteran in positions that he or she may have attained, absent the military
leave.
✔✔Essential Functions - ✔✔The skills, talents, and education necessary to carry out a
job.
✔✔Ethnicity - ✔✔Traits, background, allegiance, or association.
✔✔Executive Order 11246 - ✔✔Issued in 1965, it requires that government contractors
take affirmative action toward prospective minority employees in all aspects of
employment.
✔✔Exempted Employee - ✔✔Employees who are fully or partially free from FLSA
provisions.
✔✔Explicit Contract - ✔✔(Also known as "express contract") A verbal or written
agreement in which the parties state exactly what they agree to do.
✔✔Fair Credit Reporting Act - ✔✔Enacted in 1970, it regulates reporting agencies'
collection, correction, dissemination, and use of consumer credit information .
✔✔Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) - ✔✔Requires employers take specific steps prior
to requesting or using a consumer report (disclosure, written permission, notice of
adverse action, right to dispute).
✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1938, it protects workers from
unfair wages, limits abusive overtime practices, and prevents child labor.
✔✔False Claims Act (FCA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1863, this federal law imposes liability on
entities that defraud governmental programs.
✔✔False Light - ✔✔A type of tort in which an employer publishes statements about an
employee that are untrue and hurt the employee's reputation.
✔✔Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1993, this federal law
governs leave for employees due to parental and medical necessity.
✔✔Federal Anti-trust Law - ✔✔A law that prevents anti-competitive behavior within local
commerce.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Dual Purpose Mission - ✔✔Occurs when an employee conducts personal and work
business at the same time; subjecting the employer to liability for the employee's actions
✔✔Due Diligence - ✔✔Reasonable steps taken by an employer to ensure that
applicants are eligible to be hired.
✔✔E-Verify - ✔✔An online tool administered through the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) and used by employers to verify the validity of
documents presented by new hires.
✔✔Economic Realities Test - ✔✔A test that classifies a worker as an employee if the
employee is substantially economically dependent on an employer.
✔✔Economic Strike - ✔✔A stoppage of work based upon a union's frustration that
management will not meet its demands for improvements in wages, hours, and benefits.
✔✔Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1986, it prohibits
employers from intercepting or accessing employee communications.
✔✔Employee - ✔✔One who performs services under the direction and control of
another.
✔✔Employee Polygraph Protection Act - ✔✔Enacted in 1988, it prevents employers
from using polygraph tests for recruiting or retention purposes.
✔✔Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1974, it protects
worker benefits and encourages employer management of retirement funds.
✔✔Employer - ✔✔One who employs the services of others in exchange for wages.
✔✔Employment-at-will Doctrine - ✔✔The predominant rule governing employer-
employee relations that states that an employer may terminate an employee at any
time, for any legal reason, without incurring liability.
✔✔English-only - ✔✔A rule established by an employer that only allows English to be
spoken in the workplace; Title VII allows for this rule under certain circumstances where
there is no discriminatory purpose or effect.
✔✔Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - ✔✔The federal agency that
enforces federal anti-discrimination laws and oversees all federal equal opportunity in
employment regulations.
, ✔✔Equal Pay Act (EPA) - ✔✔Passed in 1963, it requires nearly all employers to pay
men and women equally for the same work.
✔✔Escalator Principle - ✔✔A provision of USERRA that requires an employer to place
a returning veteran in positions that he or she may have attained, absent the military
leave.
✔✔Essential Functions - ✔✔The skills, talents, and education necessary to carry out a
job.
✔✔Ethnicity - ✔✔Traits, background, allegiance, or association.
✔✔Executive Order 11246 - ✔✔Issued in 1965, it requires that government contractors
take affirmative action toward prospective minority employees in all aspects of
employment.
✔✔Exempted Employee - ✔✔Employees who are fully or partially free from FLSA
provisions.
✔✔Explicit Contract - ✔✔(Also known as "express contract") A verbal or written
agreement in which the parties state exactly what they agree to do.
✔✔Fair Credit Reporting Act - ✔✔Enacted in 1970, it regulates reporting agencies'
collection, correction, dissemination, and use of consumer credit information .
✔✔Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) - ✔✔Requires employers take specific steps prior
to requesting or using a consumer report (disclosure, written permission, notice of
adverse action, right to dispute).
✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1938, it protects workers from
unfair wages, limits abusive overtime practices, and prevents child labor.
✔✔False Claims Act (FCA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1863, this federal law imposes liability on
entities that defraud governmental programs.
✔✔False Light - ✔✔A type of tort in which an employer publishes statements about an
employee that are untrue and hurt the employee's reputation.
✔✔Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - ✔✔Enacted in 1993, this federal law
governs leave for employees due to parental and medical necessity.
✔✔Federal Anti-trust Law - ✔✔A law that prevents anti-competitive behavior within local
commerce.
