Ch. 8 Workplace Law and Ethics

Question 1

Define Affirmative action programs

Answer 1

To remedy discriminating practices in hiring minority group members. Also covered under Title VII

Question 2

Define Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

Answer 2

Protects persons forty years or older against employment discrimination because of age.

Question 3

Define Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Answer 3

Prohibits employers who have more than fifteen employees from discriminating against disabled individuals.

Question 4

Define Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008 (ADAAA)

Answer 4

Broadened and clarified the definition of “disability”

Question 5

Define Autonomy

Answer 5

Independence

Question 6

Define Bias

Answer 6

Unfair dislike or preference for something

Question 7

Define Bloodborne pathogens

Answer 7

Disease-producing microorganisms transmitted by means of blood and body fluids containing blood.

Question 8

Define Civil Rights Act

Answer 8

Permits the court to award both compensatory damages and punitive damages to mistreated employees.

Question 9

Define Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)

Answer 9

Established minimum quality standards for laboratories.

Question 10

Define Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Answer 10

Offers government financing for health insurance coverage continuation after an employee has been laid off their job.

Question 11

Define Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2009

Answer 11

Establishes guidelines for use of an individual’s credit information

Question 12

Define Creditor

Answer 12

Person or institution to whom a debt is owed

Question 13

Define Creditor

Answer 13

Person or institution to whom a debt is owed

Question 14

Define Debtors

Answer 14

Persons who owe money

Question 15

Define Discrimination

Answer 15

Unfair or unequal treatment

Question 16

Define Drug-Free Workplace Act

Answer 16

Employers must certify that they maintain a drug free workplace.

Question 17

Define Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

Answer 17

A section of COBRA, dealing with patient dumping.

Question 18

Define Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Answer 18

Regulates employee benefits and pension plan.

Question 19

Define Employment-at-will

Answer 19

The employment takes place at either the will of the employer or the employee.

Question 20

Define Equal Credit Opportunity Act

Answer 20

Prohibits businesses (including hospitals) from denying or granting credit based on race and gender, referred to as discrimination

Question 21

Define Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA)

Answer 21

Authorizes the EEOC to sue employers in federal court on behalf of people whose rights have been violated under Title VII.

Question 22

Define Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC)

Answer 22

The group that monitors Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Question 23

Define Equal Pay Act

Answer 23

Makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate on the basis of gender in payment to men and woman who are performing the same job

Question 24

Define Ethnocentric

Answer 24

A belief that ones cultural background is better than any other

Question 25

Define Fair Credit Reporting Act

Answer 25

Establishes guidelines for use of an individual’s credit information.

Question 25

Define Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Answer 25

Establishes the minimum wage, requires payment for overtime work, and sets the maximum hours employees covered by the act may work.

Question 26

Define Family and Medical Leave Act

Answer 26

Allows both the mother and the father to take a leave of absence for up to twelve weeks, in any twelve month period, when a baby is born.

Question 27

Define Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)

Answer 27

Requires employers to contribute to Social Security for employees.

Question 28

Define Federal Wage Garnishment Law

Answer 28

Restricts the amount of the paycheck that can be used to pay off a debt.

Question 29

Define Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

Answer 29

Requires school districts to provide free appropriate public education to each qualified person with a disability

Question 29

Define Garnishment

Answer 29

Court order that requires an employer to pay a portion of an employees paycheck directly to one of the employees creditors until the debt is resolved.

Question 30

Define Gatekeeper

Answer 30

The person, such as a primary care physician, or entity, such as an insurance company, that approves patient referrals to other physicians or services

Question 31

Define Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Answer 31

The reauthorized and revised Americans with Disabilities Act to align with the No Child Left Behind Act

Question 32

Define Just cause

Answer 32

Legal reason

Question 33

Define National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Answer 33

Prohibits employer actions, such as attempting to force employees to stay out of unions, and labels these actions as “unfair labor practices.”

Question 34

Define Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

Answer 34

Requires an employer to provide a safe and healthy work environment; the employer must protect the worker against hazards

Question 35

Define Other Potentially Infectious Material (OPIM)

Answer 35

Substances that are potentially infective, such as visible blood

Question 36

Define Parenteral

Answer 36

Medicated route other than the alimentary canal (oral and rectal) including subcutaneous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes.