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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.


CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Degree to which employment is ongoing

CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Work for remuneration that is ongoing

CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employment defined by a term-limited relationship between an employee and an employer.

CONTRACT WORKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A business that typically operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

CONTRACTING OUT 

Scope Note: Practices used by firms, often at high levels in supply chanins, to parse out aspects of the work process integral to the final product or service.

CONTRACTORS 

CONTROL OF WORK 

CONTROL OVER THE LABOUR PROCESS (Search for related entries in the library)

CONVICTIONS ARCHIVE 

Scope Note: Lists persons convicted of an offence under the Employment Standards Act and/or its regulations kept by the Ontario Ministry of Labour .

    CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY