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state workforce agency The agency or bureau in each State that deals with employment and labor issues. For the address of workforce agency in each State go to the U.S. Department of Labor Foreign Labor Certification site. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
swa
swa See State Workforce Agency. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
agency
agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death by criminal "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties ;also : the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another NOTE: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of the agency. ac·tu·al agency : the agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but that is imposed by law when a principal acts in such a way as to lead a third party to reasonably believe that another is the principal's agent and the third party is injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief NOTE: A principal has...
Revocation of agency
Revocation of agency. An agency is dissolved or determined in several ways:-(I) by the act of the principal, either(a) Express, as(1) By direct and formal writing, publicly a advertised;(2) By informal writing to the agent privately;(3) By parol; or(b) Implied from circumstances as by appointing another person to do the same act, where the authority of both would be incompatible.The exceptions to the power of the principal to revoke his agent's authority at mere pleasure are--(1) When the principal has expressly stipulated that the authority shall be irrevocable, and the agent has also an interest in its execution.(2) Where an authority or power is coupled with an interest, or is given for a valuable consideration, or is a part of a security, unless there is an express stipulation that it shall be revocable.(3) When an agent's act in pursuance of his authority has become obligatory, for nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam.(II.) By the agent's giving notice to his pri...
Worker, directly or through any agency
Worker, directly or through any agency, a 'worker' under the definition means a person employed, directly or through any agency. The words 'directly or through any agency' indicate that the employment is by the management directly or through some kind of employment agency and in either case there is a contract of employment between the management and the persons employed. Admittedly the coolies were not employed by the management; there was no privity of contract between them and the management, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (393). [Factories Act, 1948, s. 2(l)]...
Implementing agency
Implementing agency, includes any department of the Central Government or a State Government, a Zila Parishad, Panchayat at intermediate level, Gram Panchyat or any local authority or Govern-ment undertaking or non-governmental organisa-tion authorised by the Central Government or the State Government to undertake the implementa-tion of any work taken up under a scheme. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(g)]...
State Government
State Government, has the same meaning as in the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 (West Ben. Act 41 of 1973). [West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, includes the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under Art. 239 of the Constitution. [Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, s. 2(i)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2(o)]State Government, is headed by the Governor who exercises the executive powers of the State. [Constitution of India, Art. 154(1)]State Government, its executive powers extend to the matters on which the State Legislature is em-powered to make laws, Constitution of India, Art. 162.Means a State Government of the State in which a Special Economic Zone is established or proposed to be established. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(zb)]Me...
local educational agency
local educational agency School or school district. Also called LEA. This term is used for deciding tuition charges for secondary school students in F-1 visa status. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Court of Federal Claims : a federal court having nationwide trial jurisdiction over claims against the United States see also federal circuit NOTE: The claims over which this court has jurisdiction include those based on the Constitution, acts of Congress, regulations of an executive agency, contracts with the United States, actions for damages not sounding in tort, claims of American Indian groups against the United States, and certain tax cases (as claims for tax refunds). Private bills are referred to it from Congress for advisory findings as to whether there is a genuine legal or equitable claim for relief. The court does not have jurisdiction over claims for pensions or claims based on treaties with foreign nations. ...
Instrumentality, Agency
Instrumentality, Agency, instrumentality and agency are the two terms which to some extent overlap in their meaning; 'instrumentality' includes 'means' also, which 'agency' does not, in its meaning, Pradeep Kumar Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, (2002) 5 SCC 111 (143). (Constitution of India, Article 12)...
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