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concerted activity

concerted activity pl: -ties : an employee action (as canvassing other employees) that concerns wages or working conditions of others in addition to the employee and that contemplates group activity NOTE: Concerted activities are protected by the National Labor Relations Act and cannot be used as a reason to discharge or discipline an employee. ...


Unfair practices by employers

Unfair practices by employers, the following shall be deemed to be unfair practices on the part of an employer, namely - (a) to interfere with, restrain or coerce his workmen in the exercise of their rights to organise, form, join or assist a Trade Union and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of mutual aid or protection; (b) to interfere with the formation or administration of any Trade Union or to contribute financial or other support to it; (c) to discharge, or otherwise discriminate against, any officer of a recognized Trade Union because of his being such officer; (d) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any workman because he has made allegations or given evidence in an enquiry or proceeding relating to any matter such as is referred to in sub-s. (1) of s. 28F; (e) to fail to comply with the provisions of s. 28F: Provided that the refusal of an employer to permit his workmen to engage in Trade Union activities during their hours of work shall not be deemed...


concert of action

concert of action : a theory in torts that imposes liability on all defendants who have committed tortious acts that contributed to the plaintiff's injury even though only one actually caused the injury compare alternative liability at liability 2 : a rule in criminal law that holds an aider and abettor liable for commission of a criminal act by the principal NOTE: Concert of action does not apply where the crime requires more than one person for its commission. ...


Acting in concert

Acting in concert, the persons acting in concerts with an acquirer must have commonality of objectives and community of interests and their act of acquiring shares or voting rights in a company must serve the common objective, Technip SA v. SMS Holding (P) Ltd., (2005) 5 SCC 465. [SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regn., 1997]...


concerted

concerted 1 : mutually contrived or agreed upon [the pursuit of lawful…ends "L. H. Tribe"] 2 : acting together toward a common end [ wrongdoers] ...


Concerted

Mutually contrived or planned agreed on as concerted schemes signals...


Concertion

Act of concerting adjustment...


abnormally dangerous activity

abnormally dangerous activity : an activity esp. that is not common in or appropriate to an area, that creates a high degree of risk of harm to someone or something despite the exercise of due care, and whose value to the community in the area is outweighed by the risk of harm compare ultrahazardous activity NOTE: Abnormally dangerous activities are subject to strict liability. Abnormally dangerous activity and ultrahazardous activity are sometimes used interchangeably. ...


Unlawful activity, unlawful association

Unlawful activity, unlawful association, clauses (f) and (g) of s. 2 contain definition of 'unlawful activity' and 'unlawful association' respectively. An 'unlawful activity', defined in clause (f), means 'any action taken' of the kind specified therein and having the consequence mentioned. In other words, 'any action taken' by such individual or association constituting an 'unlawful activity' must have the potential specified in the definition, Jamaat-E-Islami v. Union of India, (1995) 2 SCC 428 (441). [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, s. 3(1)]...


Economic activity

Economic activity, means in order to determine whether an activity is an economic activity for the purpose of the common system of VAT, 'the activity is considered per se and without regard to its purpose or result, Commission v. Netherlands, (1987) ECR 1471....


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