an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
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Sick pay
wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave
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negotiation between an employer and trade union
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the ov…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the ov…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the ov…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law, Economics, Labour economics.(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Economics, Labour economics.(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Economics, Labour economics.the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
Used in the same subject area: Law, Economics, Labour economics.the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
Used in the same subject area: Law, Economics, Labour economics.
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leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part ha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.something that remunerates; "wages were paid by cash"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wages, paid, employee, sick, leave.
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