Workplace compliance glossary
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Plain-English definitions for the terms that appear when an employee event becomes regulated work—without leaving the process to decode the jargon.
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Charge of Discrimination
A formal allegation filed with the EEOC stating that an employer or other covered organization engaged in unlawful employment discrimination.
Read definition →CEEOC & employment claimsCharging Party
The person who filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC or a partner agency.
Read definition →CEEOC & employment claimsComparator
A person whose circumstances and treatment may be compared with the charging party’s to evaluate possible unequal treatment.
Read definition →CEEOC & employment claimsConciliation
The EEOC’s required effort to seek a voluntary resolution after finding reasonable cause to believe discrimination occurred.
Read definition →DEEOC & employment claimsDetermination
The EEOC’s conclusion after investigating whether the evidence establishes reasonable cause to believe discrimination occurred.
Read definition →EEEOC & employment claimsEEOC Mediation
A voluntary, informal process in which a neutral mediator helps the parties try to resolve a discrimination charge.
Read definition →NEEOC & employment claimsNotice of Right to Sue
An EEOC notice giving the charging party permission to file certain employment discrimination claims in court.
Read definition →PEEOC & employment claimsPosition Statement
The respondent’s written explanation of its facts, evidence, defenses, and response to the allegations in an EEOC charge.
Read definition →REEOC & employment claimsRequest for Information (RFI)
A request from the EEOC asking a party to provide specific documents, records, answers, or other information during an investigation.
Read definition →REEOC & employment claimsRespondent
The employer, employment agency, labor organization, or other covered organization named in a discrimination charge.
Read definition →Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
A federal law providing eligible employees of covered employers with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family, medical, and military reasons.
Read definition →ELeave & accommodationEligible Employee (FMLA)
An employee who satisfies the FMLA’s service, hours-worked, employer-coverage, and worksite requirements when leave begins.
Read definition →CLeave & accommodationCovered Employer (FMLA)
An employer subject to the FMLA because it meets the law’s public-agency, school, or private-employer coverage rules.
Read definition →SLeave & accommodationSerious Health Condition (FMLA)
An illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition involving inpatient care or continuing treatment by a health care provider.
Read definition →ILeave & accommodationIntermittent Leave (FMLA)
FMLA leave taken in separate blocks of time for one qualifying reason instead of one continuous absence.
Read definition →RLeave & accommodationReduced Schedule Leave (FMLA)
A temporary reduction in an employee’s usual daily or weekly work schedule for an FMLA-qualifying reason.
Read definition →MLeave & accommodationMedical Certification (FMLA)
Information from a health care provider supporting the need for FMLA leave when certification is permitted and requested.
Read definition →ELeave & accommodationEligibility Notice (FMLA)
The employer notice telling an employee whether they are eligible for FMLA leave or why they are not eligible.
Read definition →RLeave & accommodationRights and Responsibilities Notice (FMLA)
The employer notice explaining the employee’s specific FMLA expectations, obligations, and consequences.
Read definition →DLeave & accommodationDesignation Notice (FMLA)
The employer notice stating whether leave is designated and counted as FMLA-protected leave.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFitness-for-Duty Certification
A health care provider’s certification addressing whether an employee can resume work after FMLA leave.
Read definition →RLeave & accommodationReasonable Accommodation
A change to the application process, job, work environment, or benefits access that enables equal employment opportunity.
Read definition →ILeave & accommodationInteractive Process
A timely, good-faith exchange used to understand an accommodation need and identify possible effective accommodations.
Read definition →ELeave & accommodationEssential Functions
The fundamental duties of a job, as distinguished from marginal or incidental tasks.
Read definition →ULeave & accommodationUndue Hardship
Significant difficulty or expense that may allow an employer to deny a particular accommodation after individualized assessment.
Read definition →KLeave & accommodationKnown Limitation (PWFA)
A pregnancy-, childbirth-, or related limitation that has been communicated to the employer.
Read definition →Workers’ Compensation Claim
A request for benefits under an applicable workers’ compensation system for a work-related injury, illness, disability, or death.
Read definition →FWorkers’ comp & return to workFirst Report of Injury (FROI)
The initial report notifying a workers’ compensation authority or claim administrator about a work-related injury or illness.
Read definition →CWorkers’ comp & return to workCompensability
The determination of whether a reported condition is covered under the applicable workers’ compensation law.
Read definition →MWorkers’ comp & return to workMedical-Only Claim
A workers’ compensation claim involving medical treatment without qualifying wage-loss disability payments.
Read definition →LWorkers’ comp & return to workLost-Time Claim
A claim in which the work-related condition causes enough missed work or wage loss to implicate disability benefits.
Read definition →IWorkers’ comp & return to workIndemnity Benefits
Workers’ compensation cash payments associated with wage loss, disability, impairment, or death.
Read definition →TWorkers’ comp & return to workTemporary Total Disability (TTD)
A period in which the worker is temporarily unable to work because of the covered condition.
Read definition →TWorkers’ comp & return to workTemporary Partial Disability (TPD)
A period in which the worker can work while recovering but earns less because of the covered condition.
Read definition →PWorkers’ comp & return to workPermanent Partial Disability (PPD)
A lasting work-related impairment that does not prevent all employment.
Read definition →PWorkers’ comp & return to workPermanent Total Disability (PTD)
Permanent disability preventing gainful employment under the applicable legal standard.
Read definition →MWorkers’ comp & return to workMaximum Medical Improvement (MMI)
The point when a worker’s condition is stable and unlikely to improve substantially with additional treatment.
Read definition →IWorkers’ comp & return to workImpairment Rating
A medical assessment expressing the extent of permanent loss or limitation under an applicable rating method.
Read definition →WWorkers’ comp & return to workWork Restrictions
Medical limits describing what an employee should or should not do at work.
Read definition →MWorkers’ comp & return to workModified Duty
Work adjusted to fit an employee’s current restrictions or functional capacity.
Read definition →RWorkers’ comp & return to workReturn-to-Work Plan
A documented arrangement for moving an employee back to work safely after injury, illness, or leave.
Read definition →Allegation
A specific assertion about conduct or an event that may need review under policy or law.
Read definition →AOSHA & safetyAmputation (OSHA)
The traumatic loss of all or part of a limb or other external body part under OSHA’s severe-injury reporting definition.
Read definition →CEmployee relations & investigationsConflict of Interest
A relationship, interest, involvement, or reporting line that could compromise—or reasonably appear to compromise—an investigator’s objectivity.
Read definition →CEmployee relations & investigationsCorrective Action
Action selected after assessment or findings to stop misconduct, address harm, reduce risk, and prevent recurrence.
Read definition →CEmployee relations & investigationsCorroborating Evidence
Information from another source that supports, confirms, or strengthens a material part of an account.
Read definition →CEmployee relations & investigationsCredibility Assessment
A reasoned evaluation of how believable and reliable evidence or an account is in light of the full record.
Read definition →DOSHA & safetyDays Away From Work (DAFW)
An OSHA case classification used when a recordable work-related condition causes one or more calendar days away from work.
Read definition →EEmployee relations & investigationsEmployee Complaint
A report that workplace conduct, treatment, or a decision may violate policy, expectations, or law.
Read definition →FOSHA & safetyFirst Aid (OSHA Recordkeeping)
The specific treatments OSHA excludes from medical treatment for recordkeeping purposes.
Read definition →GOSHA & safetyGeneral Recording Criteria
The OSHA outcomes that make a new, work-related injury or illness recordable under the general rule.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsImpartial Investigator
A fact finder who can conduct the investigation fairly without control by an involved party or a disqualifying interest.
Read definition →IOSHA & safetyIn-Patient Hospitalization (OSHA)
A formal admission to a hospital or clinic’s in-patient service for care or treatment, as used in OSHA severe-injury reporting.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInconclusive Finding
A finding used when the evidence does not support a reliable conclusion under the organization’s defined outcome framework.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInitial Assessment
The structured review that determines what a workplace report is, what needs immediate action, and where it should go next.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInterim Measures
Temporary steps used to protect people, preserve the process, or reduce immediate risk while a concern is assessed or investigated.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInvestigation Interview
A planned fact-finding conversation used to obtain, clarify, and test information relevant to an investigation.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInvestigation Report
The organized record of scope, process, evidence, analysis, findings, and material limitations from an investigation.
Read definition →IEmployee relations & investigationsInvestigation Scope
The defined subjects, allegations, time period, people, locations, and questions included in an investigation.
Read definition →MOSHA & safetyMedical Treatment Beyond First Aid
Treatment that exceeds OSHA’s defined first-aid list and can make a new, work-related case recordable.
Read definition →NOSHA & safetyNear Miss
An unplanned event that did not cause injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so.
Read definition →NEmployee relations & investigationsNeed-to-Know Confidentiality
The practice of limiting investigation information to people who need it for fact finding, decision-making, support, or another legitimate role.
Read definition →NOSHA & safetyNew Case (OSHA)
An OSHA recordkeeping case that is not merely the continuation or recurrence of an existing recorded condition.
Read definition →OOSHA & safetyOSHA Form 300 Log
A running log used by covered employers to classify and record qualifying work-related injuries and illnesses.
Read definition →OOSHA & safetyOSHA Form 300A Summary
The certified annual summary of recordable work-related injuries and illnesses for an establishment.
Read definition →OOSHA & safetyOSHA Form 301 Incident Report
A detailed incident report completed for each recordable work-related injury or illness, or replaced by an equivalent form.
Read definition →PEmployee relations & investigationsPreponderance of the Evidence
An evidence standard asking whether a conclusion is more likely than not based on the quality and reliability of the full record.
Read definition →ROSHA & safetyRecordable Injury or Illness
A new, work-related injury or illness that meets OSHA’s general or special recording criteria.
Read definition →ROSHA & safetyRestricted Work or Job Transfer
An OSHA case classification used when a recordable condition keeps an employee from performing routine functions or working a full workday, or requires transfer.
Read definition →REmployee relations & investigationsRetaliation
Materially adverse treatment connected to protected activity, including reporting discrimination or participating in an investigation.
Read definition →SOSHA & safetySevere Injury Reporting
The separate duty to notify OSHA promptly after specified work-related fatalities and severe injuries.
Read definition →SOSHA & safetySignificant Injury or Illness
A work-related condition diagnosed by a licensed health care professional that OSHA requires to be recorded even before other listed outcomes occur.
Read definition →SEmployee relations & investigationsSubstantiated Finding
A finding that the available evidence satisfies the organization’s stated standard for concluding an allegation occurred or a policy was violated.
Read definition →UEmployee relations & investigationsUnsubstantiated Finding
A finding that the available evidence does not satisfy the organization’s stated standard for the allegation.
Read definition →WEmployee relations & investigationsWitness
A person who may have relevant firsthand knowledge, contextual information, records, or other evidence.
Read definition →WOSHA & safetyWork-Relatedness (OSHA)
The OSHA recordkeeping determination of whether a work event or exposure caused, contributed to, or significantly aggravated an injury or illness.
Read definition →WEmployee relations & investigationsWorkplace Investigation
A structured fact-finding process used to reach a fair, supportable understanding of reported workplace conduct.
Read definition →Action Item
A discrete piece of work that must be completed, documented, or intentionally resolved within a case.
Read definition →AInfraNet & operationsAction Owner
The person or role currently accountable for moving a specific action or decision forward.
Read definition →AUnemploymentAppeal
A timely request for review of an unemployment determination or decision under the applicable state process.
Read definition →AUnemploymentAppeals Hearing
A proceeding in which an appeals official receives testimony and evidence and issues a decision on an unemployment dispute.
Read definition →AUnion & labor relationsArbitration
A dispute-resolution process in which a neutral arbitrator issues a decision under the parties’ agreement.
Read definition →AInfraNet & operationsAudit Trail
The chronological record of material actions, changes, decisions, communications, and ownership across a workplace event.
Read definition →AInfraNet & operationsAwaiting Decision
A status used when the available work has reached a point requiring authorized human judgment before the case can move.
Read definition →BUnion & labor relationsBargaining Unit
The group of employees represented together for collective-bargaining purposes.
Read definition →BUnemploymentBase Period
The wage-measurement period a state uses to evaluate monetary eligibility and allocate potential employer charges.
Read definition →BUnemploymentBenefit Charge
Unemployment benefits allocated to an employer’s account under the applicable state financing rules.
Read definition →BUnemploymentBenefit Year
The one-year period during which an unemployment claim remains available for weekly benefit requests, subject to state rules.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsCaptain
InfraNet’s bounded operational intelligence layer that surfaces attention, summarizes case state, and helps humans understand what needs review.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsCaptain’s Log
The preserved operational record of meaningful case movement, attention, decisions, and context surfaced through InfraNet.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsCase
The organized operational record used to carry a workplace event and its related work from intake through closure.
Read definition →CUnemploymentClaim Protest
An employer’s timely response disputing or supplying facts about an unemployment claim before the agency’s initial decision.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsClosed Loop
A workplace obligation or action completed with enough evidence to show what happened and why it is finished.
Read definition →CUnion & labor relationsCollective Bargaining
The process by which an employer and employees’ representative negotiate concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Read definition →CUnion & labor relationsCollective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
The written labor contract setting negotiated terms, rights, duties, and procedures for an employer and represented bargaining unit.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsCommand Center
InfraNet’s operational view of open workplace events, ownership, deadlines, blockers, decisions, and items needing attention.
Read definition →CDOT & transportationCommercial Driver’s License (CDL)
A state-issued license authorizing a qualified driver to operate designated classes of commercial motor vehicles.
Read definition →CDOT & transportationCommercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)
A vehicle meeting an applicable federal or state definition that triggers specified commercial-transportation safety requirements.
Read definition →CInfraNet & operationsConnected Event
A workplace event whose facts or obligations overlap another compliance or employee-relations process.
Read definition →DDOT & transportationDOT Drug and Alcohol Violation
A verified test result, refusal, or other prohibited conduct under an applicable DOT agency drug and alcohol regulation.
Read definition →DDOT & transportationDriver Qualification File (DQF)
The motor carrier’s required record showing that a regulated driver meets applicable qualification requirements.
Read definition →DDOT & transportationDrug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
FMCSA’s secure database of commercial-driver drug and alcohol program violations and return-to-duty status information.
Read definition →DInfraNet & operationsDue Date
The date by which an action, response, decision, or follow-up is expected to be completed.
Read definition →DUnion & labor relationsDuty to Bargain in Good Faith
The obligation of a covered employer and union to meet and participate sincerely in collective bargaining.
Read definition →EDOT & transportationElectronic Logging Device (ELD)
A compliant device that synchronizes with a vehicle engine to record driving time and support hours-of-service records.
Read definition →EInfraNet & operationsEmployee 411
A company-specific employee resource center for policies, benefits, processes, contacts, and the correct path for workplace questions or reports.
Read definition →EUnemploymentEmployer Claim Notice
A state-agency notice informing an employer that a current or former employee filed for unemployment benefits and requesting information.
Read definition →EInfraNet & operationsEvent Intake
The structured capture of a workplace event before ownership, assessment, and downstream work are assigned.
Read definition →EInfraNet & operationsEvidence Record
A document, communication, statement, system record, or other information preserved in connection with a workplace event.
Read definition →EUnion & labor relationsExclusive Bargaining Representative
The union authorized to represent employees in a bargaining unit concerning collective bargaining and contract administration.
Read definition →EUnemploymentExperience Rating
A method states use to help calculate an employer’s unemployment tax rate based partly on its historical payroll, contributions, and benefit charges.
Read definition →FUnemploymentFact-Finding Response
The employer’s factual submission answering an unemployment agency’s questions about a claim or eligibility issue.
Read definition →FDOT & transportationFollow-Up Testing (DOT)
Unannounced testing required under a SAP’s plan after an employee returns to safety-sensitive duties following a DOT violation.
Read definition →GUnion & labor relationsGrievance
A complaint or dispute processed under a collective bargaining agreement’s grievance procedure.
Read definition →GUnion & labor relationsGrievance Procedure
The contract-defined sequence for submitting, discussing, escalating, and resolving a labor grievance.
Read definition →HInfraNet & operationsHandoff
The explicit transfer of responsibility, information, or requested work from one owner to another.
Read definition →HDOT & transportationHours of Service (HOS)
FMCSA limits and related requirements governing how long covered commercial drivers may drive and remain on duty.
Read definition →IUnion & labor relationsImpasse
A genuine bargaining deadlock reached after the parties have negotiated in good faith and further discussions would be futile.
Read definition →IInfraNet & operationsInfraNet Concierge
The human support layer that helps organizations implement, operate, and maintain InfraNet’s connected workplace-event workflows.
Read definition →IUnemploymentInitial Claim
The first application that opens an unemployment insurance claim and establishes a benefit year.
Read definition →LUnion & labor relationsLabor Union
An organization of employees formed to advance shared interests concerning wages, hours, benefits, and other working conditions.
Read definition →MUnion & labor relationsMandatory Subject of Bargaining
A subject involving wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of employment over which covered parties generally must bargain in good faith.
Read definition →MDOT & transportationMedical Examiner’s Certificate
Documentation that a driver was medically examined and found qualified under applicable FMCSA physical-qualification standards, subject to listed limits or expiration.
Read definition →MUnemploymentMonetary Determination
A state-agency decision addressing wage-based eligibility and the potential amount or duration of unemployment benefits.
Read definition →MDOT & transportationMotor Vehicle Record (MVR)
A driving record obtained from a state licensing authority and used in driver qualification and monitoring.
Read definition →NInfraNet & operationsNeeds Attention
A status signaling that a case or action requires prompt human review because of risk, delay, conflict, or missing movement.
Read definition →NUnemploymentNonmonetary Determination
A state-agency decision resolving an eligibility issue other than the claimant’s wage amount, such as the separation reason.
Read definition →OInfraNet & operationsOpen Loop
Work that has started or been identified but still lacks a completed action, response, decision, or documented closure.
Read definition →OInfraNet & operationsOperational Memory
The durable, connected record of what happened, what was decided, what moved, what waited, and how the workplace event closed.
Read definition →OInfraNet & operationsOperational Status
A status describing where work currently sits and what kind of movement is required next.
Read definition →PUnion & labor relationsPast Practice
A repeated and accepted way of handling a workplace matter that may be relevant to contract interpretation or bargaining obligations.
Read definition →PDOT & transportationPost-Accident Testing (DOT)
Drug or alcohol testing required after an accident that meets the specific trigger and timing rules of the applicable DOT agency.
Read definition →PUnion & labor relationsProtected Concerted Activity
Employee activity undertaken with or on behalf of coworkers to improve wages, hours, or other working conditions, when protected by the NLRA.
Read definition →RDOT & transportationReasonable Suspicion Testing
DOT testing initiated when a trained supervisor makes the required contemporaneous observations under the applicable agency rule.
Read definition →RDOT & transportationRecord of Duty Status (RODS)
The driver’s daily record of driving, on-duty, off-duty, and sleeper-berth time under hours-of-service rules.
Read definition →RInfraNet & operationsRegulatory Deadline
A time limit created by an applicable law, regulation, agency notice, or required process.
Read definition →RDOT & transportationReturn-to-Duty Process (DOT)
The required process a covered employee must complete before resuming safety-sensitive functions after a DOT drug or alcohol violation.
Read definition →SDOT & transportationSafety-Sensitive Function
Work designated by a DOT agency’s regulations as subject to specific drug and alcohol testing and removal requirements.
Read definition →SUnemploymentSeparation Reason
The factual reason the employment relationship ended or work stopped, as evaluated under applicable unemployment law.
Read definition →SDOT & transportationSubstance Abuse Professional (SAP)
A qualified professional who evaluates an employee who violated a DOT drug or alcohol rule and directs the required education, treatment, and follow-up testing plan.
Read definition →SUnemploymentSuitable Work
Work an unemployment agency considers appropriate under state law when evaluating availability, work search, or refusal-of-work issues.
Read definition →TInfraNet & operationsTriage
The early operational review that identifies urgency, immediate protection, ownership, routing, and the next required decision.
Read definition →UUnemploymentUnemployment Insurance (UI)
A joint federal-state program providing temporary benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own under applicable state law.
Read definition →UUnion & labor relationsUnfair Labor Practice (ULP)
Conduct by an employer or labor organization that violates rights or duties established by the National Labor Relations Act.
Read definition →WInfraNet & operationsWaiting on Others
A status used when InfraNet or the internal owner has completed the current step and progress depends on another person or organization.
Read definition →WUnion & labor relationsWeingarten Rights
The right of a union-represented employee, upon request, to representation during an investigatory interview the employee reasonably believes may lead to discipline.
Read definition →WInfraNet & operationsWorkplace Event
Something that happens to or involving an employee and starts coordinated workplace obligations, decisions, or follow-up.
Read definition →Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
The federal law protecting civilian employment rights connected to uniformed service.
Read definition →MOSHA & safetyMaritime Industry (Employment Compliance)
The work context covering shipyards, marine terminals, longshoring, and related vessel or cargo operations.
Read definition →FDOT & transportationFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The U.S. DOT agency responsible for civil aviation safety and the national airspace system.
Read definition →ULeave & accommodationU.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
The federal department responsible for many workplace laws, benefits, statistics, and enforcement functions.
Read definition →EEEOC & employment claimsEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The federal agency enforcing major federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
Read definition →ALeave & accommodationADA Leave as an Accommodation
A finite leave period or schedule change considered as a possible reasonable accommodation.
Read definition →AEmployee relationsAdministrative Leave
Employer-directed or approved time away while a workplace matter or temporary condition is reviewed.
Read definition →JLeave & accommodationJury Duty Leave
Time away to respond to a jury summons or serve as a juror.
Read definition →BLeave & accommodationBereavement Leave
Time away following a death covered by law or employer policy.
Read definition →PLeave & accommodationPersonal Leave of Absence
Employer-approved time away for a personal reason not classified under another leave program.
Read definition →LLeave & accommodationLong-Term Disability (LTD)
A wage-replacement benefit for a qualifying disability continuing beyond a plan’s short-term period.
Read definition →SLeave & accommodationShort-Term Disability (STD)
A wage-replacement benefit for a qualifying temporary disability.
Read definition →PLeave & accommodationPaid Sick Leave
Paid time away for illness, medical care, preventive care, or other covered reasons.
Read definition →PLeave & accommodationPaid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
A state, local, or employer program replacing some wages during qualifying family or medical leave.
Read definition →MLeave & accommodationMilitary Leave (USERRA)
Absence from civilian employment for service in the uniformed services.
Read definition →MLeave & accommodationMilitary Caregiver Leave (FMLA)
FMLA leave to care for a covered servicemember or veteran with a serious injury or illness.
Read definition →QLeave & accommodationQualifying Exigency Leave
FMLA leave for certain needs arising from a family member’s covered active duty.
Read definition →BLeave & accommodationBonding Leave (FMLA)
FMLA leave to bond with a newborn or a child newly placed for adoption or foster care.
Read definition →CLeave & accommodationContinuous Leave
Leave taken in one uninterrupted block rather than separate episodes or a reduced schedule.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-385-V — Veteran Care Certification
The optional DOL certification form for military caregiver leave involving a covered veteran.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-385 — Current Servicemember Care Certification
The optional DOL certification form for military caregiver leave involving a current servicemember.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-384 — Qualifying Exigency Certification
The optional DOL certification form for leave arising from a qualifying military exigency.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-382 — Designation Notice
The optional DOL form stating whether leave will be designated and counted as FMLA leave.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-381 — Eligibility, Rights and Responsibilities Notice
The optional DOL form stating FMLA eligibility and applicable rights and responsibilities.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-380-F — Family Member Medical Certification
The optional DOL certification form for leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition.
Read definition →FLeave & accommodationFMLA Form WH-380-E — Employee Medical Certification
The optional DOL certification form for an employee’s own serious health condition.
Read definition →EEEOC & employment claimsEEOC Form 131 — Notice of Charge of Discrimination
The EEOC notice informing an organization that a discrimination charge has been filed against it.
Read definition →EEEOC & employment claimsEEOC Form 5 — Charge of Discrimination
The signed document that formally states an employment-discrimination charge filed with the EEOC.
Read definition →DDOT & transportationDAC Report
Industry shorthand for a commercial driver employment-history report commonly used during motor-carrier hiring.
Read definition →DOSHA & safetyDART Rate
An OSHA incidence rate for cases involving days away, restricted work, or job transfer.
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About this glossary: Definitions are educational and operational, not legal advice. Requirements can depend on jurisdiction, facts, agency instructions, and current law.