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  • SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
  • USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
  • USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
  • BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
  • NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
  • RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

TELECOMMUTING (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Work, facilitated by information and communications technologies, that is done at a location that is not on the premises of the employer.

TELEWORK 

TEMP AGENCIES 

TEMPORARY AGENCIES 

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Persons engaged in contract work, seasonal work, casual work or work through a temporary help agency. Temporary employment may be full-time or part-time.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employment of limited or unspecified duration without an expectation of continuation (e.g., contract work, seasonal work, casual work or work through a temporary help agency). Temporary employment may be full-time or part-time.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES (Search for related entries in the library)

TEMPORARY HELP 

TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: International migrants who enter a country under a temporary work program. Programs exist for academics, agricultural workers, health care workers, live-in caregivers, entertainers and construction workers and others.