WGU c233 employment law vocabulary, Full Coverage, 100% Accurate definitions. Rated A

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WGU c233 employment law vocabulary, Full Coverage, 100% Accurate definitions. Rated A Precedent - ✔✔-a controlling rule, example, or guide established by a judge that provides a framework f... or other judges to follow in later cases. Supremacy Clause - ✔✔-mandates that the Constitution, federal law, treaties, and federal regulations are the highest laws of the land and have priority over state law. Agency - ✔✔-a contract relationship between a principal and an agent whereby the principal authorizes the agent to work on his or her behalf and with the power to bind the principal. Dual Purpose Mission - ✔✔-when an employee conducts personal and work business at the same time; subjecting the employer to liability for the employee's actions. Frolic and Detour - ✔✔-an employee's physical departure from the job in order to further his or her own interests and not the employer's. Going and Coming Rule - ✔✔-a legal principle that removes an employer's liability from employees' actions going to and from their place of employment. Scope of Employment - ✔✔-employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and foreseeable by the employer as part of that job description. Vicarious Liability - ✔✔-a form of secondary liability th [Show More]

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