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employee assistance program (eap) A workplace program provided by the employer to assist employees in recovering from drug or alcohol abuse, emotional problems, job stress, marital discord, or workplace conflict ...
equal credit opportunity act (ecoa)
equal credit opportunity act (ecoa) a federal law requiring lenders to make credit available equally without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or receipt of income from public assistance programs. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
visa waiver program (vwp)
visa waiver program (vwp) Citizens of participating countries meeting the Visa Waiver Program requirements to may be allowed to enter the United States as visitors for pleasure or business without first getting a visa. Visitors can stay only 90 days and can not extend their stay. Go to U.S. Department of State information on the Visa Waiver Program to learn more. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
computer program
a sequence of instructions stored in any medium that can be interpreted and executed by a computer called most frequently a program This term is used both for the written program a document and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer See instruction as Version 10 of the program had a serious bug that caused the computer to crash frequently...
Employee
Employee, includes not only persons employed directly by the employer but also persons employed through a contractor. Moreover, they include not only persons employed in the factory but also persons employed in connection with the work of the factory, P.M. Patel and Sons v. Union of India, (1986) 1 SCC 32: AIR 1987 SC 447: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 55.A person who works in the service of another person (the employer) under an express or implied contract of hire under which the employer has the right to control the details of work performance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 543.Means a person appointed to or borne on thecadre of staff of the Corporation, other thanperson on deputation. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University, Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(k).In relation to the University, means a person other than a teacher or an office...
diversity visa program
diversity visa program The Department of State has an annual lottery for immigration to the United States. Up to 55,000 immigrants can enter the United States each year from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. See the U.S. Department of State program information. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
witness protection program
witness protection program : a state or federal program designed to protect prosecution witnesses in serious criminal cases esp. from bodily injury or tampering (as by providing aid in establishing a new identity in a new location) ...
Job-targeting program
Job-targeting program, means an initiative by a labour union to maintain or improve its share of the labour in a particular market by financing or backing contractor who bid on targeted projects. Also termed market-recovery program, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 840....
Exempted employee
Exempted employee, means an employee to whom a Scheme or the Insurance Scheme, as the case may be, would, but for the exemption granted under s. 17 have applied. [The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), s. 2 (ff)]Exempted employee means an employee who is not liable under this Act, to pay the employee's contribution. [Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), s. 2(10)]...
ineffective assistance of counsel
ineffective assistance of counsel :representation of a criminal defendant that is so flawed as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial [claimed ineffective assistance of counsel following his conviction] called also ineffective assistance NOTE: Ineffective assistance of counsel is a violation of the guarantee of the assistance of counsel that is provided in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel may be brought as a result of government interference with the attorney-client relationship that precludes effective representation, as when an informant is present during conversations between the attorney and the defendant. The existence of a conflict of interest on the part of the attorney may also be the basis for a claim. Most claims are, however, based on the attorney's failure to provide competent representation. Competent representation does not require the best representation, only a performance that is reasonable under prevailin...
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