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AGENCY EMPLOYMENT 

Scope Note: Employment, normally temporary, defined by a triangular employment relationship involving a temporary employment agency, a client firm and a worker.

AGREEMENT PROPOSALS 

AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 

ATYPICAL EMPLOYMENT 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

CASUAL EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A form of temporary employment characterized by intermittent work and possibly an irregular schedule. Does not usually include access to employer provided benefits.

CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT 

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Agreements made and accepted between the representatives of a particular group of employees and their employers concerning the working conditions of the employees.

CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A term used principally in the United States to denote conditional, transitory or temporary employment contracts. Although not all is precarious, nor temporary, it can be key in the quality of a given employment relationship.

CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT 

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