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COMPLIANCE-ENFORCEMENT PYRAMID (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Visualization of the compliance and/or enforcement stages in the face of substantiated violation.

CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A term used principally in the U.S. to denote conditional, transitory or temporary employment contracts. Although not all contingent employment is precarious along multiple dimensions, nor is all technically temporary, it is characterized by uncertainty.

CONTINOUS EMPLOYMENT 

CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Degree to which employment is ongoing

CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Work for remuneration that is ongoing

CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Employment defined by a term-limited relationship between an employee and an employer.

DEDICATED ENFORCEMENT TEAMS 

Scope Note: In Ontario, a specialized team of Ministry of Labour Employment Standards Officers who focus on conducting proactive workplace inspections.

    EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: Employees are given varying amounts of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making regarding their tasks and duties.

    EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (UNITED STATES) 

    Scope Note: ERISA is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

    EMPLOYEES' AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXERCISE OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SURVEY 

    Scope Note: This survey was commissioned by the U.K. Institute for Employment Studies and covers the year 2005.

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