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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (UNITED STATES) (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Enacted in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE (UNITED KINGDOM) (Search for related entries in the library)

NEGOTIATED BENEFITS 

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS (Search for related entries in the library)

NEGOTIATIONS 

NEOLIBERAL REFORMS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Market-driven public-sector and private-sector reform that aims at cost reduction, free trade between countries and open markets.

NEOLIBERALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: PRIVATIZATION

NES 

NETHERLANDS 

NETWORKED SUPPLY CHAINS