Employment Law - WGU C233. Exam Review question sections with answers, rated A

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Employment Law - WGU C233. Exam Review question sections with answers, rated A Agency - ✔✔-a contract relationship (a legally binding agreement) between a principal and an agent whereby the... principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent to work on his or her behalf and with the power to bind the principal contract - ✔✔-a legally binding agreement vicarious liability - ✔✔-the employer can be exposed to liability in tort for the acts or omissions of the employee scope of employment - ✔✔-involves employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and foreseeable by the employer as part of that job description tort - ✔✔-a civil wrong which causes someone harm frolic and detour - ✔✔-an employee takes actions which further his or her own interests and not the employer's. For example, an employee may pursue self-interest if he or she runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company branch office going and coming rule - ✔✔-shields employers from the acts or omi [Show More]

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