Employer - Law Dictionary Search Results
patent
inventor is working for a company, and is made on company time with company facilities and materials, the employer receives an irrevocable, nonassignable, nonexclusive, royalty-free license to use it. Often an employee is required contractually to assign
annuity
or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity payable over a specified period even if the annuitant dies
noncompetition agreement
A contract (or part of a contract) in which an employee promises not to work for a competing employer (or to set up a competing business) during, or for a certain length of time after, the employment
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misconduct
case, or independently introducing evidence to other jurors) e : an employee's deliberate or wanton disregard of an employer's interests or disregard or violation of the employer's standards or rules that is sufficient to justify a denial
loaned servant
loaned servant 1 : an employee of one employer who is temporarily under the control of another called also loaned employee 2 : a doctrine under which
independent medical examination (ime)
independent medical examination (ime) In many situations, an employer and insurance company will want to have an injured employee seen by a particular physician in order to
dual capacity doctrine
an exception to the exclusive remedy of workers' compensation by allowing an employee to sue his or her employer when the injury caused by the employer to the employee is unrelated to the employee's capacity as an
beneficiaries
beneficiaries Aliens on whose behalf a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
b.f.o.q.
Short for the phrase "bona fide occupational qualification," in the employment discrimination context a B.F.O.Q. may absolve an employer from liability for discrimination when there is a legitimate reason to require, for example, that all of the
secondary picketing
secondary picketing : the picketing of an employer who conducts business with an employer with whom a union has a dispute NOTE: Secondary picketing that is
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