Specialist dictionary

Employment law

Workplace rights, duties and disputes.

Core vocabulary

39 featured terms

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Brotherhoodnoun

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

Collective bargainingnoun

negotiation between an employer and trade union

Exploitationnoun

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and cha…

Labor unionnoun

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

Minimum wagenoun

the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law

Paternity leavenoun

A paternity leave is a parental leave that a father can take after the birth of his child.; "Don't worry Petunia, I'll take a paternity leave to…

Sick paynoun

wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave

Trade unionnoun

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

trades unionnoun

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

Unionnoun

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

Usingnoun

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and cha…

Victimisationnoun

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and cha…

Victimizationnoun

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and cha…

Grievancenoun

A formal complaint.

Blaxploitationnoun

the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)

Colonialismnoun

exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

Company unionnoun

a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

Craft unionnoun

a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft

I.W.W.noun

a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of…

Industrial unionnoun

a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft

Industrial Workers of the Worldnoun

a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of…

IWWnoun

a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of…

Sexploitationnoun

the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material; "sexploitation by advertisers is notorious"

Vertical unionnoun

a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft

Dischargenoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Dismissalnoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Dismissionnoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Firingnoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Liberationnoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Proletariannoun

a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world — unite!"

Releasenoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Sacknoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Sackingnoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Workernoun

a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world — unite!"

Congenoun

an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal

Congeenoun

an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal

Removalnoun

dismissal from office

Superannuationnoun

the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)

Purgenoun

an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"