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.

COMPLIANCE ORDERS 

Scope Note: Order issued by a government or other regulatory body to resolve a complaint.

• BROADER TERM(S)

COMPLIANCE

• RELATED TERM(S)

COMPLAINTS

COURT ORDERS

DETERRENCE TOOLS

COMPLIANCE PYRAMID 

• USE

COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT PYRAMID

COMPLIANCE-ENFORCEMENT PYRAMID

COMPLIANCE THEORY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: An area of social pyschology that seeks to explain the reasons for a response made in reaction to a request.

• RELATED TERM(S)

COMPLIANCE

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.

• BROADER TERM(S)

ENFORCEMENT (VAR)

ENFORCEMENT MODELS

• RELATED TERM(S)

COMPLIANCE

COMPLIANCE MODEL OF ENFORCEMENT

VIOLATIONS

• USED FOR

COMPLIANCE PYRAMID

ENFORCEMENT PYRAMID

COMPRESSED WORK WEEKS 

• RELATED TERM(S)

HOURS OF WORKRT SPREAD OF HOURS

COMPULSORY VOLUNTEERISM 

• USE

VOLUNTARISM

CONNECTICUT 

• BROADER TERM(S)

UNITED STATES

CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL 

Scope Note: Illegal acts that force an employee to quit, which may, but do not necessarily, relate to discrimination.

• BROADER TERM(S)

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

• RELATED TERM(S)

DISCRIMINATION

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.

• BROADER TERM(S)

PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT

• RELATED TERM(S)

CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT (VAR)

• USED FOR

CASUAL WORK

OR JOB

CONTINOUS EMPLOYMENT 

• RELATED TERM(S)

CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT