Legal glossary category
Employment Law
Browse 7 glossary entries in the Employment Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
discrimination
Imagine a school hall pass that only lets some kids use the hallway because of the color of their shoes; that unfair rule mirrors discrimination in...
Open term →independent contractor
Think of a hall pass: you can leave class, but the teacher doesn’t tell you exactly what to do outside.
Open term →labor
Think of a hall pass: you get permission to leave class, and the teacher must honor that permission while you’re out.
Open term →multiemployer plan
Think of a group of parents pooling allowance money to buy a shared playground; each child can use it, but the parents must all agree on how it’s m...
Open term →non-exempt
Imagine a hall pass that doesn’t let you skip class; a non‑exempt pass means you must follow the same schedule and rules as everyone else.
Open term →pension
Think of a pension like a school cafeteria ticket stash: you hand in tickets now and later you get meals without paying each time.
Open term →personnel
Think of personnel like the kids on a school field trip who each have a permission slip; the school must watch over them and follow the rules for t...
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