MID-TERM EXAM – HED 7530 – Fall 2022 – William A. Morehead – Instructor
Please define or briefly discuss each of the following as instructed below. Also, please include the term or question followed by your answer. Please submit in a Word document in Canvas by Sunday, November 6, 2022 at midnight. You must do this work alone and you may use your textbook and handouts and other class materials to complete. Our goal here is to reinforce the knowledge of these terms and concepts.
1. In the employer-employee context within the university environment, please briefly define the following terms:
Case law
Common law
Federalism
Standing
Discrimination
Employee
Fiduciary
Breach of contract
Tort
Civil law/cases
Undue hardship
Hostile work environment
Exhaustion
Sectarian
Agent
Contract
Mediation
Quasi-contract
Retaliation
Mootness
Establishment Clause
Principal
Contract law
Arbitration
Employment-at-will
Disability
Over-time pay
“bona fide occupational qualification” (BFOQ)
State action
Civil rights
Law of agency
Employee contracts
Damages and types of damages
Harassment
Reasonable accommodation
Exempt and non-exempt
Minimum wage
2. Briefly define, list, and discuss the following:
a. Compare and contrast contactors and employees.
b. Contract requirements and/or components
c. Defenses to breaches of contracts
d. Remedies to breaches of contracts
e. Exceptions to the employee-at-will rule
f. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) – include in your answer the types of discrimination enforced by the EEOC.
g. The role or impact of internal and external law and internal and external governance on an IHL.
3. Briefly discuss the basics of the following (i.e.: what do these acts address and cover):
a. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA
b. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
c. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
d. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
e. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
f. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
g. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
h. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
g. Title IX of the Education Act (Title IX)
4. Discuss two things you have gained from this class thus far over the fall semester.
