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Thesaurus: 1285 entries.


SUNDAY RULES 

SUPERVISORS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employees who have management rights such as the right to hire or fire, or to recommend such actions or approve absences.

SUPPLY CHAIN REGULATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Regulations that reach beyond a single firm to address processes of fissuring, such as subcontracting and franchising, and provide for worker protection (e.g., joint and several liability for unpaid wages)

    SUPPLY CHAINS (Search for related entries in the library)

    SURVEY INSTRUMENTS (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: A survey instrument is a tool for consistently implementing a scientific protocol for obtaining information or data from respondents (e.g., a questionnaire).

    SURVEY INSTRUMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS 

    SURVEY METHODOLOGY (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: The sampling of defined characteristics from a population and the associated survey data collection techniques to produce the survey.

    SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS COMPLIANCE IN ONTARIO 

    Scope Note: Covers 2012 or 2014?

    SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS VIOLATIONS 

    Scope Note: This survey was commissioned by the Workers' Action Centre in Toronto and covers the year 2011.

    SURVEY OF LABOUR AND INCOME DYNAMICS (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: This survey is the primary source for Canadian income data over time.