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Accident ✔✔Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences
Alternative workweek ✔✔Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work
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Accident ✔✔Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences
Alternative workweek ✔✔Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work
more than eight hours in a 24-hour period
Adverse employment action ✔✔Employment action (such as termination, demotion, etc.) that
either materially affects the terms and conditions of employment or would deter an individual
from engaging in a protected activity; required part of a retaliation claim
Adverse action notice ✔✔Documentation that an employer must provide to an applicant or
employee whenever the employer makes an employment decision based on information obtained
through a background check
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) ✔✔Publishes
Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines that are used in most cases to decide type and
amount of treatment approved for work injury or illness
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ✔✔Federal law that prohibits discrimination against
people with disabilities
Antipiracy agreement ✔✔Agreement by one party not to recruit employees of another party,
typically limited to a specific time period
Apportionment ✔✔Way of figuring out how much of a permanent disability is due to the work
injury and how much is due to other disabilities
Assembly Bill (AB) 1825 ✔✔Requires sexual harassment training every two years for
supervisors employed by employers covered by the statute (generally, all state entities as well as
all employers receiving the services of 50 or more persons)
Avoidable consequences doctrine ✔✔Principal under which a complaining party's damages in a
harassment lawsuit may exclude any damages that the party might have avoided if he or she had
earlier reported possible harassment under an appropriate company policy; available only when
the company has taken appropriate proactive steps to prevent workplace harassment
Bonus ✔✔Money promised to an employee in addition to the monthly salary, hourly wage,
commission, or piece rate due as compensation; usually based on performance
Cal/OSHA ✔✔California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act ✔✔Requires a covered employer to give a particular kind of written notice 60
days in advance of certain notice-triggering events (mass layoffs, relocations, or termination)
California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) ✔✔Contains the regulations of approximately 200 state
regulatory agencies; regulations have been formally adopted by state agencies; reviewed and
approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA
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