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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.


TENUOUS CITIZENSHIP 

TENUOUS RESIDENCE STATUS 

TENUOUS RESIDENCY STATUS 

TERM EMPLOYMENT 

TERMINATION 

TERMINATION BENEFITS 

Scope Note: Benefits, usually monetary, due to an employee upon termination.

TERMINATION NOTICE 

Scope Note: In Ontario, when an employee is terminated, the written notice required under the Employment Standards Act is generally determined by the employee's seniority.

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

Scope Note: The ending of a worker's employment including lay-off, discharge or voluntary quit.

TERMINATION PAY 

Scope Note: Payment of wages to an employee in lieu of the number of weeks notice of termination as required by government regulations.

TERRITORIES