individual and collective labour disputes
1Labour law — concerns the inequality of bargaining power between employers and workers. Labour law (also called labor law or employment law) is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on,… …
2Collective bargaining — is a process of negotiations between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions. Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours, training, health and… …
3labour law — Body of law that applies to matters such as employment, wages, conditions of work, labour unions, and labour management relations. Laws intended to protect workers, including children, from abusive employment practices were not enacted in… …
4labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …
5Labour Party (UK) — Labour Party …
6Labour-Management Relations — ▪ 1995 Introduction International Developments. For most of the industrialized market economies, the outlook brightened as 1994 progressed, and inflationary pressures proved manageable. Unemployment, however, was forecast to rise to 8.5% in …
7organized labour — Introduction also called trade unionism, association and activities of workers in a trade or industry for the purpose of obtaining or assuring improvements in working conditions through their collective action. Great Britain (United… …
8Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
9Section Two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — is the section of the Constitution of Canada s Charter of Rights that lists what the Charter calls fundamental freedoms theoretically belonging to everyone in Canada, regardless of whether they are a Canadian citizen, or an individual or… …
10British labour law — is that body of law which regulates the rights, restrictions obligations of trade unions, workers and employers in Great Britain. During much of the nineteenth century the employment contract was based on the Master and Servant Act of 1823,… …
