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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: 1285 entries.


EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 

EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employees are given varying amounts of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making regarding their tasks and duties.

EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION ACT (CALIFORNIA) 

Scope Note: An act to prevent the willful misclassification of individuals as independent contractors by their employers.

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION 

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (UNITED STATES) 

Scope Note: ERISA is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

EMPLOYEE STANDARDS CLAIM (Search for related entries in the library)

EMPLOYEE STRESS 

EMPLOYEE VOICE (Search for related entries in the library)

EMPLOYEE WORKLOAD 

EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER NEGOTIATIONS