Employee Rights
The law requires employers to pay employees at least the federal minimum wage
What is the Fair Labor standard ACT?
This is the expected standard of conduct employees should follow at work
What is professionalism
This document outlines the rules and expectations for employees at a company.
What is the employee handbook?
Employers must provide this to ensure employee safety under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
What is a safe work environment?
This is a formal discussion between an employer and an employee to resolve disputes.
What is mediation?
Employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family or medical reasons under this law
What is the Family and medical leave act?
Employees should avoid this action, which involves using work time for personal tasks without permission.
What is time theft?
These types of policies help prevent personal relationships from interfering with work.
What are workplace dating policies?
Firing an employee for reporting unsafe conditions is an example of this illegal act.
What is retaliation?
A manager encourages open communication to handle this common workplace problem.
What is a conflict?
This term refers to unwanted and inappropriate conduct in the workplace often based on gender and race.
What is harassment
This is the term for treating coworkers with respect, even during disagreements.
What is workplace civility?
A policy that prohibits alcohol or drug use during work hours is called this.
What is a substance-free workplace policy?
Discriminating against someone based on their age is prohibited by this law.
What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)?
This strategy focuses on finding a win-win solution for all parties involved in a disagreement.
What is collaboration?
Employees have the right to form this type of group to negotiate wages and working conditions
What is a union
Gossiping about coworkers can lead to this, which negatively impacts team morale.
What is workplace toxicity?
This policy requires employees to dress appropriately for the work environment.
What is a dress code policy?
This type of contract ensures that employees do not work for a competitor for a certain period after leaving the company.
What is a non-compete agreement?
This technique involves listening carefully to understand the other person's perspective during a conflict.
What is active listening?
This federal agency enforces workplace discrimination laws in the US
What is the Equal employment opportunity commission
This term refers to taking responsibility for your actions and following through on commitments at work.
What is accountability?
Companies often implement this policy to protect sensitive business information from being shared outside the workplace.
What is a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?
Employers who fail to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities may violate this act.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
A neutral third party may help employees resolve disputes through this informal process.
What is arbitration?