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unemployment insurance

unemployment insurance : a social insurance program that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to involuntarily unemployed workers

Burin

point and the other end inserted in a handle a graver also the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble

by marriage; persons who lost citizenship by serving in foreign armed forces; ministers of religion and other religious workers, their spouses and children; certain employees and former employees of the U.S. Government abroad, their spouses and children;

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statutory employee

does work for a statutory employer from whom he or she is entitled to the exclusive remedy of workers' compensation benefits

statutory employer

another (as a contractor) to perform work in the course of a business and who is liable for workers' compensation according to a statute establishing such an employment relationship or liability

stretch-out

stretch-out : a labor practice in which workers are required to do extra work with slight or no additional pay

third-party claim

counterclaim, cross-action, cross-claim 2 : a claim made by an injured third party (as a third-party beneficiary of workers' compensation insurance) against an insurer or insured for indemnification

special mission exception

special mission exception : an exception to the going and coming rule that allows recovery under workers' compensation to an employee who was injured while going to or coming from work on an errand that

unfair labor practices

or employer in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. For example, an employer's act that interferes with workers' attempts to organize or bargain collectively. Source: FindLaw

blue collar

of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well groomed appearance

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