Terms Used In 29 CFR Part 37 - Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Wia)

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Participant: includes , but is not limited to, applicants receiving any service(s) under state Employment Service programs, and claimants receiving any service(s) under state Unemployment Insurance programs. See 29 CFR 37.4
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• reasonable accommodation: means :

  (i) Modifications or adjustments to an application/registration process that enables a qualified applicant/registrant with a disability to be considered for the aid, benefits, services, training, or employment that the qualified applicant/registrant desires; or

  (ii) Modifications or adjustments that enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of a job, or to receive aid, benefits, services, or training equal to that provided to qualified individuals without disabilities. See 29 CFR 37.4

• Recipient: includes , but is not limited to:

  (1) State-level agencies that administer, or are financed in whole or in part with, WIA Title I funds;

  (2) State Employment Security Agencies;

  (3) State and local Workforce Investment Boards;

  (4) LWIA grant recipients;

  (5) One-Stop operators;

  (6) Service providers, including eligible training providers;

  (7) On-the-Job Training (OJT) employers;

  (8) Job Corps contractors and center operators, excluding the operators of federally-operated Job Corps centers;

  (9) Job Corps national training contractors;

  (10) Outreach and admissions agencies, including Job Corps contractors that perform these functions;

  (11) Placement agencies, including Job Corps contractors that perform these functions; and

  (12) Other National Program recipients. See 29 CFR 37.4

• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• undue hardship: means significant difficulty or expense incurred by a recipient, when considered in light of the factors set forth in paragraph (ii). See 29 CFR 37.4