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preference system

and daughters of U.S. citizens; 4) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. The employment-based preferences are: 1) priority workers (persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers); 2) professionals with advanced

temporary worker

who will work in the United States for a limited period of time. Some visas classes for temporary workers are H, L, O, P, Q and R. If you are seeking to come to the U.S. for

Newly set up establishment

of carrying on trade, business or undertaking may change hands and pass from one owner to another. The workers operating this apparatus and working in it may change; new workers may take the place of old or

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Producer

raising of finances and engaging cine-workers for the making of such film) are undertaken. [Cine-workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulations of employment) Act, 1981 (5 of 1981), s. 2(h)] In relation to goods, means any person who,--

scab

scab 1 : a worker who refuses to join a labor union 2 : a union member who refuses to strike or returns

Cinema theatre

time being in fore in a State for the exhibition of a cinematograph film. [Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 (50 of 1981), s. 2 (a)]

social security disability benefits (ssdi)

security disability benefits (ssdi) SSDI benefits are payable to disabled individuals through the Social Security Administration. Many state workers' compensation statutes have specific provisions which dictate whether an injured employee may receive both workers' compensation benefits and

statewide average weekly wage (saww)

statewide average weekly wage (saww) The statewide average weekly wage is a computation of average wages paid to workers in a jurisdiction for a set period of time and is generally used to calculate the minimum, and

Cargo

conveyed in a ship. Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (aa) includes anything carried or to be carried

compensation

makes up for a loss [received for the breach of contract] ;specif : payment to unemployed or injured workers or their dependents see also unemployment compensation, workers' compensation 4 : payment for a thing of value tendered

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