The social contract between employers and employees.

Sometime during the early ________________________ the employment relationship began to change, but real change did not occur until after the end of World War Two in ________________________. Changes since 1945 have resulted in an employment relationship today that is ________________________ different in many ways than in the past. However, many things have not ________________________. The employer is still the ________________________ and the owner of the job.

1900s 1945 vastly changed boss

Key Employment Laws.

Absence from employment related laws. Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Americans with Disabilities Act. Child labor laws. Civil Rights Acts. Equal Pay Act. Fair Labor Standards Act. Foreign workers laws. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Labor laws (collective bargaining groups). Occupational Safety and Health Act. Polygraph Protection Act. Unemployment compensation laws. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Worker Retraining and Notification Act. Workers compensation laws.

Invasion of privacy. Disclosing information in breach of a law requiring ________________________ (such as health________________________ , certain student records, certain employment records, certain types of security, and ________________________ communications).

confidentiality records professional

The basic social ________________________ just described has been expanded in the U.S. by the creation of numerous state and federal laws that apply to the employment relationship. Among the ________________________ that are now clearly included in the social contract are workplace safety, safe working conditions, ________________________ and harassment, compensation and benefits, work schedules, workplace privacy, workers' compensation, and ________________________.

contract issues discrimination performance

________________________ (lying about someone) is not protected ________________________.

defamation speech

The First Amendment is ________________________ at the government. Only the government (federal, state, or local) must respect the freedoms in this ________________________. Individuals do not have to do so. It is not a violation of anyone's First Amendment rights if an individual or private business tries to ________________________ with someone's free speech, or retaliates because of what someone has said by refusing to do business with them or ________________________ or insults them or speaks out against them or otherwise lawfully expresses their disagreement or ________________________ with them.

directed amendment interfere criticizes unhappiness

Invasion of privacy.________________________ personal information about a person that a reasonable person would find ________________________ (such as revealing humiliating facts when there is no legitimate reason to do so and the intent is to ________________________ or otherwise harm the person);

disclosing objectionable humiliate

The basic legal ________________________ applicable to employment in the U.S. Basically, this doctrine means the employer can make any employment decision that does not ________________________ the law or any applicable contract. For any decision an ________________________ makes, unless the law or a contract requires a specific decision, the employer can do whatever the employer wants. The employee has no ________________________but to live with the decision or to move on to other ________________________.

doctrine violate employer recourse employment

The social contract between ________________________ and e ________________________, in its most basic description, is that an employer will provide reasonable working conditions and ________________________ for employees commensurate with the nature of the work ________________________ by the employee, and that an employee will, in ________________________, do the work for which they were hired with competence and as instructed by the employer.

employers employees compensation provided exchange

Speech that unreasonably ________________________ others (shouting "fire" in a crowded theater) is not ________________________ speech.

endangers protected

A reasonable ________________________ of privacy probably exists in your own home; the interior of your own car; in a hotel room or other lodging facilities; doctor's office and other healthcare ________________________during treatment; public restrooms, showers, changing rooms, and similar places; when conducting financial transactions; a person's healthcare ________________________; a student's information maintained by a school; and other similar locations and ________________________.

expectation facilites information situations

There is no reasonable ________________________ of privacy (or very little) in public, at work, at school, while shopping, at restaurants, on the Internet, when ________________________social media, at most social functions, or in many places and at many times when a ________________________ is interacting with others in person or through technology.

expectation using person

Freedom of speech is a right described in the ________________________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, along with freedom of religion, ________________________of the press, the right of people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the federal ________________________ for a redress of grievances. ________________________ speech does not mean a person can say anything they want at any time with no consequences for having spoken. Not all speech is protected.

first freedom government free any

In the 1800's and before, the employer was like a ________________________ and the workplace was the kingdom. Employees had ________________________ rights and were little more than ________________________ of the "king."

king no subjects

A "social contract" is not a ________________________ contract. This term is used to describe an unwritten understanding that ________________________ between ________________________ as to the nature of their relationship.

literal exists parties

Invasion of privacy. Using a person's ________________________ or ________________________ for commercial gain or other________________________ use;

name image public

Invasion of privacy. However, there is ________________________ invasion of privacy if the person has ________________________ , consented to, or authorized the disclosure or use of their otherwise protected ________________________ .

no permitted information

Invasion of privacy. There is a tort known as invasion of privacy. This occurs when ________________________ person (an individual, a business, or the government) engages in conduct affecting another person in certain ways ________________________by law.

one described

A ________________________ can generally express any opinion they have, even if others find the opinion rude or ________________________. The whole point of ________________________ of speech is to enable debate on issues, which means people will not like everything they are ________________________.

person offensive freedom hearing

The right of ________________________ exists only in circumstances where a reasonable expectation of ________________________ exists. There are also certain ________________________ rights created by statute.

privacy

The law ________________________ an employer from retaliating against an employee who is a whistle-blower, or who ________________________ or otherwise becomes involved in the whistle-blowing ________________________ and any resulting investigations and legal________________________ .

prohibits assists event proceedings

________________________employers do have to respect an individual's freedom of ________________________.

public speech

Invasion of privacy. ________________________ personal information about a person that may hold the person up to public ________________________ ;

publicizing ridicule

One thing that is pretty much gone from this ________________________ contract is the expectation by both employers and employees of long-term employment with the same employer. It still exists, but is much less ________________________ than in the past. Most employees do not have a plan to continue working for their ________________________for their entire career. Employees typically see a job as part of an overall plan to accomplish their own career ________________________. Likewise, employers understand that most employees will one day leave for another ________________________.

social common employer goals job

________________________ that is intended to incite violence is ________________________ protected.

speech not

Public employees can still ________________________ an adverse employment action if their speech violates the employer's ________________________ and is of a personal nature and not ________________________ on a matter of public interest.

suffer policies commentary

Whistle-blowers often ________________________ because of their decision to become a whistle-blower. Some employers do retaliate. Fellow employees may also ________________________ , especially if people lose jobs or other bad things happen to the company because of the ________________________ of whistle-blowing. A whistle-blower can be seen as a hero or as a ________________________ , depending more on point of view than the merits of what they ________________________ .

suffer retaliate consequences traitor reported

Invasion of privacy. The biggest ________________________ to most people is that whatever you post on any social media ________________________ (with unbelievably rare exceptions) is not ________________________ . Social media is considered to be a public format for posting information, images, audio, or whatever can be posted. You are giving away to the ________________________ whatever you post.

surprise format private world

________________________ directed at a person that appears to be credible is not ________________________speech.

threats protected

Within employment , an employee's privacy rights ________________________ and are affected by these factors: working for government or private business; the employee's ________________________ with the employer; the nature of the employee's work; whether the employee is using company ________________________ devices or other property or the employee's own personal devices and property; and the ________________________of each specific event or ________________________. In general, an employee has a very ________________________ expectation of privacy while working.

vary position owned circumstances occurrence limited

________________________ is when an employee makes a report that the employee reasonably believes to be true and accurate to the appropriate law enforcement or other ________________________ agency about a known or suspected violation of the law by the employer. The employee is "blowing the ________________________ whistle" to legal authorities to notify them of illegal or ________________________ behavior.

whistle-blowing enforcement warning unlawful