Working-group of employers in the same industry on points of interests of all member companies. Tasks like trade union negotiation , sharing information and advice, and approaching other companies are […]

Statutes defining or limiting the occasions and the extent towhich employers shall be liable in damages for injuries to their employees occurring inthe course of the employment, and particularly (in […]

This word does not necessarily import an engagement or rendering services for another. A person may as well be “employed” about his own business as in the transaction of the […]

Companies privately owned or sponsored by government that match the employer needs with an interested, experienced, worthwhile worker.

Monies owed to an employment agency , by employer or employee, following the hiring of the employee by the employer, where the employee was found by the agency for the […]

A formal agreement that spells out the rules of engagement between an employee and an employer. Compensation and expectations and benefits are typically subjects. Known generally as employment contracts, they […]

Means that at any time and for any reason either the employer and the employee can quit the employment relationship .

A pension plan , a welfare plan, a medical plan are typical parts of such a plan for employees.

Agreement between an employer and an employee. It is typically voluntary, deliberate, and legally enforceable , therefore, binding. The employee must agree to this contract as a condition of his/her […]

For a typical period of ten years, a person’s past employers, locations, employment dates, positions held, salary, and accountabilities . Often contained in or sourced from the person’s resume.

a congressional created minimum standard that assures employees of a sound and equitable retirement plan.

A monthly report out of the US Department of Labor ‘s Bureau of Labor Statistics . The reports are for employees working in major industries. It consists of unemployment rates, […]

Checking the suitability of a job applicant for a position. Employment testing is based on certain test scores indicating the likely level of job performance a candidate would provide. Testing […]

Confirming a person’s employment eligibility. Involves checking past work history of current or potential employees. Insuring details provided by the employee match the information found. Occurs typically prior to hiring […]

A place for wholesale trade in commodities carried by sea. The name issometimes applied to a seaport town, but it properly signifies only a particular place insuch a town. Smith, […]

the word that means to grant the authority, to delegate and to commission.

A management practice allowing employees to take initiatives, make decisions, solve problems, improve service, and manage performance . Employer sharing information , rewards, and power with employees are essential actions […]

In Mexican law. Undertakers or promoters of extensive enterprises,aided by concessions or monopolistic grants from government; particularly, personsreceiving extensive land grants in consideration of their bringing emigrants into thecountry and […]

Iu Spanish law. A loan. Something lent to the borrower at his request. Las Partidas , pt. 3, tit. 18, 1. 70.

In the Roman and civil law. The act of buying; a purchase.

A species of forced assignment for the benefit of creditors; being apublic sale of an insolvent debtor’s estate whereby the purchaser succeeded to all hisproperty. rights, and claims, and became […]

Purchase and sale; sornelimes translated “emp- tion and vendition.” The nameof the contract of sale in the Roman law. Inst. 3. 23; Bract, fol. 016. Sometimes made acompound word,cmptio-venditio.

A purchase in the hope of an uncertain future profit; the purchase of a thing not yet inexistence or not yet in the possession of the seller, as, the cast […]

Lat A buyer or purchaser. Used in the maxim ” caveat emptor ,” let thebuyer beware; i. e., the buyer of an article must be on his guard and take […]

A company that can cover its bad obligations, but has no one interested in their goods or services.