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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


LABOUR LAW (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The legislation, laws, and policies that govern work and employment arrangements and practices.

LABOUR MARKET (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The arena in which workers (i.e., the labour supply) sell their labour power to employers (i.e., the source of labour demand) in exchange for remuneration.

LABOUR MARKET ACTIVITY 

LABOUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY 

LABOUR MARKET INCORPORATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The entry, position and progress, or lack of, of immigrants in the host labour market, including their occupation and earnings and ability to translate their education and training into upward socioeconomic mobility.

LABOUR MARKET INSECURITY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A defining feature of precarious employment, involving dimensions such as uncertainty, a lack of control over the labour process, and limited access to regulatory proctections.

LABOUR MARKET SECURITY 

LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The division of the labour market into various smaller markets differentiated by their level of organization, technology, and productivity, and intersecting with social location.

LABOUR MIGRATION 

LABOUR MILITANCY