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  • BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
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Thesaurus: 1285 entries.


HOME WORK 

HOMEWORK (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Labour that is performed for an employer in the employees place of residence.

HOMEWORKERS 

HOMEWORKERS WAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: In Ontario, homeworkers are employees who do paid work in their own homes. Their minimum wage is slightly higher than the general minimum wage.

HOSPITAL BENEFITS 

HOT CARGO BOYCOTT 

Scope Note: A boycott or embargo of goods by various levels of government that are manufactured in violation of labour legislation.

HOT CARGO CLAUSE 

Scope Note: An agreement between a union and an employer that prevents the employees from working with goods deemed to have come from an anti-union agency or one that has unfair working practices.

HOT GOODS PROVISION 

HOURLY RATE OF PAY 

HOURS FREE FROM WORK (Search for related entries in the library)