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giveback
giveback : a previous gain (as an increase in wages or benefits) given back to management by workers (as in a labor contract)
special agricultural worker
special agricultural worker Farm workers in perishable products who worked for a specified period of time and were able to adjust status to
craft union
craft union : a labor union with membership limited to workers in the same craft (as carpentry or plumbing) compare industrial union
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adea
in Employment Act, the ADEA is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of age for workers over the age of forty. Only employers with more than twenty employees are required to comply with the
amnesty
an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individuals [illegal-alien farm workers seeking "National Law Journal"]
assumption of risk
the plaintiff's words and actions. Assumption of risk has been abolished in certain types of cases, such as workers' compensation cases.
award
judgment or final decision: as a : arbitrator's award b : a formal decision regarding benefits in a workers' compensation claim 2 : something granted esp. on the basis of merit or entitlement: as a : a
cause
occurred without it [claimed that the workplace accident was a producing cause of his disability] used esp. in workers' compensation and consumer protection cases NOTE: A producing cause lacks the element of foreseeability associated with a proximate
claim
(as money) due or believed to be due ;specif : a demand for a benefit (as under the workers' compensation law) or contractual payment (as under an insurance policy) b : a paper embodying such a demand
department of homeland security (dhs)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Together they provide the basic governmental framework for regulating the flow of visitors, workers and immigrants to the United States. USCIS is responsible for the approval of all immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions,
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