Thesaurus

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definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• 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.

AWARDS 

Scope Note: Specific to Australia, awards or registered agreements set out hours of employment, break circumstances and rules about payment.

• BROADER TERM(S)

WRITTEN AGREEMENTS

• USED FOR

REGISTERED AGREEMENTS

AWARENESS OF MINIMUM WAGE 

• USE

MINIMUM WAGES

AWS 

• USE

AUSTRALIA AT WORK SURVEY

BAD-BOSS HOTLINE 

Scope Note: A compliant telephone line in Ontario funded by the Ontario Federation of Labour in the 1990s.

• RELATED TERM(S)

COMPLAINTS

ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR

PAY AND WORK RIGHTS HELPLINE (UNITED KINGDOM)

BANKED TIME 

• USE

PAID TIME OFF INSTEAD OF OVERTIME PAY

BARGAINING 

• USE

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

BARGAINING POSITION 

Scope Note: Stance of a party to collective bargaining

• BROADER TERM(S)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

• USE

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

BEHAVIOR 

• USE

BEHAVIOUR

BEHAVIOUR 

• USED FOR

BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIOUR MEASUREMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

• USED FOR

MEASURING BEHAVIOURS