Define the following terms:

1. USERRA
2. U.S. v. Windsor
3. Mandatory auditor rotation
4. HIPPA
5. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
6. Sixteenth Amendment
7. Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
8. Independent Contractor
9. Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2002
10. IRCA


1. USERRA - Legislation that governs the treatment of military service personnel
2. U.S. v. Windsor - The case responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court’s repeal of DOMA
3. Mandatory auditor rotation - A provision of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act
4. HIPPA - Protects the confidentiality of employee medical records
5. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - Repealed the 180-day statute of limitations on equal pay complaints
6. Sixteenth Amendment - Instituted a tiered income tax on workers
7. Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act - Prohibited employment of individuals younger than 16 years of age
8. Independent Contractor - A worker who is not subject to a company’s direction or its payroll laws
9. Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2002 - Strengthened the child support provisions of PRWOR
10. IRCA - Mandates completion of form I-9

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a. requiring all documents over seven years old be shredded b. requiring that the department manager authorize purchase orders only for purchase amounts for more than $100 c. requiring one password code for each entire department to enter the storeroom d. using a manual accounting system

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A. 0.20 B. 0.06 C. 0.19 D. 0.46

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A. concentration, integration, or diversification B. concentration, integration, or stabilization C. integration, diversification, or differentiation D. integration, diversification, or functionalization

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