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fund
a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities Taft-Hart·ley fund [taft-hÄ rt-lē-] [after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it]
department of labor
of United States Government that has responsibility for labor issues. It has responsibility for deciding whether certain foreign workers can work in the United States. Source: Department of State. March 2007.
dual capacity doctrine
dual capacity doctrine : a doctrine that provides 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
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employee
treatment of the hired party, source of the equipment used, and location of the work. Statutes, such as workers' compensation acts and labor laws, usually include a definition of employee as it is used in the statute.
essence
[his award is legitimate only so long as it draws its from the collective bargaining agreement "United Steel Workers v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp., 363 U.S. 593 (1960)"] see also essence test 2 : the predominant
featherbedding
labor practice of causing an employer to pay for services which are not performed (as by requiring more workers than necessary) see also Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section
fellow-servant rule
employment NOTE: This rule is no longer used in most jurisdictions as a result of federal and state workers' compensation statutes.
frustrate
frustrate frus·trat·ed frus·trat·ing : to make invalid or ineffectual : defeat [the remedial purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act should not be frustrated by rigid technical standards "Palmer v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 559 A.2d
self-insure
self-insure : to insure by self-insurance (as in workers' compensation) [an employer wishing to its liability "Pennsylvania Statutes"] vi : to use self-insurance [a governmental agency that
last injurious exposure rule
last injurious exposure rule : a rule placing liability for workers' compensation on the last employer of a worker disabled as a result of injuries or conditions suffered under
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