Workplace laws

The publishing firm was asked to pay ......... to the author after it printed her material without proper permission.
commission
culpability
compensation
capitulation

After selling the plans for the new business venture to the company's rival, a number of employees were ......... as traitors and were sacked.
denounced
deluded
delayed
distracted

The company was fined heavily for showing their cultural insensitivity and illegally building on a protected ......... land site.
ingenious
reserved
indigenous
respected

The PR firm was forced to give the receptionist overtime pay, as her ......... did not include answering calls from 8 am until well after 6 pm each day!
documentation
certificate
contract
paper

The communications officer mysteriously displayed only the slightest ......... for fraudulently claiming tax benefits.
compunction
condolence
compensation
compulsion

Although they were close friends, the line manager was unable to ......... the erroneous actions of his deputy.
condone
recapitulate
commiserate
replicate

The public library staff worried that if they ......... any longer in installing a ramp outside the library, a member of the public would complain they were discriminating against disabled people.
excelled
protracted
escaped
procrastinated

The company requireda ......... lawyer someone trained in both commercial and civil law.
responsible
versatile
litigious
practising

The sales company was ......... for illegally hiring underage workers.
enhanced
angered
exacerbated
notorious

The staff valued their working environment and ......... a company code of conduct to ensure that each employee was communicated with in a respectful and courteous manner.
vanquished
enlisted
embellished
devised