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Saving labor adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor as labor saving machinery labor saving appliances4 labor saving devices like washing machines...
Savings banks
Savings banks, institutions for the safe custody and increase of the small savings of the poor. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Savings Banks.' They are: (1) Trustee; (2) Post Office; (3) Military; (4) Statutory; (5) Uncontrolled.(1) Trustee Savings Banks are regulated by a long series of Acts (the Trustee Savings Banks Acts, 1861 to 1934), which provide that they must not be described in a manner which implies that the Government is responsible to depositors, that the money received must be paid to the Bank of England or Ireland and carried to an account kept in the names of the National Debt Commissioners, and that annual accounts must be sent to the Commissioners. An 'Inspection Committee,' estab-lished under the Savings Bank Act, 1891, has extensive powers of supervision for the purpose of detecting any breaches of the Acts or rules regulating a bank. Deposits by any depositor in more than one Trustee Savings Bank is prohibited, and the Treasury have power to limit the amount from one...
unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by an employer; 3) encouragement or discouragement of union membership by discrimination in hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective bargaining agent; 6) restraint or coercion of employers or employees by a labor organization; 7) coercion of an employer by a labor organization to discriminate against an employee; 8) refusal of a labor organization to bargain collectively with an employer; 9) engaging in ill...
Luddite
One of a number of riotous persons in England who for six years 1811 17 tried to prevent the use of labor saving machinery by breaking it burning factories etc so called from Ned Lud a half witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames...
labor union
labor union : a labor organization usually consisting of workers of the same trade that is formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests (as through collective bargaining) in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions see also craft union, bargaining unit NOTE: Labor unions and employers are subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Wagner Act), as amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffin) Act. The NLRA authorized the establishment of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency which administers the provisions of the Act. ...
Life saving
That saves life or is suited to save life esp from drowning as the life saving service a life saving station...
Save as otherwise provided by or under the Act
Save as otherwise provided by or under the Act, the expression 'save as otherwise provided by or under the Act' in s. 44(3) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 should be construed in a harmonious manner so that sub-clause (b) is not reduced to a nullity. The expression 'save as otherwise provided by or under the Act' would in the context mean, 'save as otherwise expressly barred by or under the Act'. If there is a provision which expressly debars the exercise of the power under sub-clause (b) in any case then only the State Transport Authority will not be able to exercise the powers and discharge the functions given in sub-clause (b). Otherwise there would be no such bar, State of Rajasthan v. Noor Mohammad, AIR 1973 SC 2729 (2732): (1972) 2 SCC 454: (1973) 1 SCR 841. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 44(3)(b)]...
labor organization
labor organization : an organization, agency, committee, group, or plan in which employees take part that deals with employers about such matters as wages and grievances ;esp : labor union NOTE: Designation by the court as a labor organization subject to applicable statutes can confer a variety of liabilities and protections, esp. in regard to antitrust issues, unfair labor and management practices, and right-to-work laws. ...
Laboring
That labors performing labor esp performing coarse heavy work not requiring skill also set apart for labor as laboring days...
Save with the authority of law and except by authority law
Save with the authority of law and except by authority law, there is no distinction between the expression, 'save with the authority of law' in art. 31(1) and the expression 'except by authority of law' in art. 265. Laws under art. 31(1) must lay down a procedure containing reasonable restric-tions. Law under art. 265 also lays down a pro-cedure. Therefore, there is no difference between the expression 'except according to procedure established by law' in art. 21 and the expression save with the authority of law' in art. 31(1) or the expression 'except by authority of law' in art. 265, Additional District Magistrate v. Shivakant Shukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207: (1976) 2 SCC 521: (1976) Supp SCR 172. (Constitution of India, Art. 21)...
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