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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.


COMMISSIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A type of incentive-based wage that is calculated on the amount of business that is done. Examples include percentage of sales, percentage of gross or net profits and lump sum payments per transaction.

COMMODITY CHAINS 

COMMUNITY WORKS PROGRAMS 

COMMUNITY-BASED ENFORCEMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUTING 

Scope Note: Travelling from one's place of residence to engage in employment.

COMPANY SIZE 

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT DATABASE 

COMPASSIONATE CARE BENEFITS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Canadian federal government benefits paid through the Employment Insurance (EI) program to people who are away from work temporarily to care for a gravely ill immediate family member.

COMPENSATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Remuneration for work done or recompense for loss or damage.