Thesaurus

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definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• 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.

BRITISH COLUMBIA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

CANADA

PROVINCES

• NARROWER TERM(S)

VANCOUVER

BROAD EXEMPTIONS 

• USE

EXEMPTIONS

BROADER EFFECTS THAT FLOW FROM PUNISHMENT 

• USE

PUNISHMENT

BROKEN LAWS, UNPROTECTED WORKERS' SURVEY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A survey commissioned by the U.S. National Employment Law Project that covers the year 2008.

• RELATED TERM(S)

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

UNITED STATES

• USED FOR

BLUW

UNITED STATES DATA

BUDGETS (Search for related entries in the library)

• RELATED TERM(S)

NEOLIBERAL REFORMS

• USED FOR

INSUFFICIENT BUDGETS

LIMITED GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

BULLYING 

Scope Note: A repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more targets by one or more perpetrators in the workplace.

• RELATED TERM(S)

ABUSE

HARASSMENT

CA LFS 

• USE

CANADIAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

CAB 

• USE

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU (UNITED KINGDOM)

CALIFORNIA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

UNITED STATES

• NARROWER TERM(S)

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. DIVISION OF LABOUR STANDARDS (Search for related entries in the library)

• USED FOR

DLSE