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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.


PARITY 

Scope Note: A state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or wages.

PART III PROSECUTIONS 

Scope Note: In Ontario, prosecutions for employment standards violations under Part III of the Provincial Offenses Act initiated by the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT (VAR) (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employment that is not typically considered full-time, in many jurisdictions this is defined as working less than 35 hours per week, regardless of permanent or temporary status

PART-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

PART-TIME TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

PART-TIME UNEMPLOYED 

PARTIAL ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS (Search for related entries in the library)

PARTIALLY EMPLOYED 

PATERNAL LEAVE 

PATTERN OF ENFORCEMENT