unfair acts
1Unfair business practices — encompass fraud, misrepresentation, and oppressive or unconscionable acts or practices by business, often against consumers and are prohibited by law in many countries. For instance, in the European Union, each member state must regulate unfair… …
2unfair labor practice — n: any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws ◇ The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference …
3unfair trade practice — n: any of various deceptive, fraudulent, or otherwise injurious (as to a consumer) practices or acts that are declared unlawful by statute (as a consumer protection act) or recognized as actionable at common law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …
4unfair labor practices — n. Acts forbidden to both employers and employees under the National Labor Relations Act, including for a union to coerce employees and employers, or to refuse to bargain, or for an employer to interfere with the employees’ attempts to exercise… …
5Unfair labor practice — In United States labor law, the term unfair labor practice refers to certain actions taken by employers or unions that violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and other legislation. Such acts are investigated by the National Labor… …
6unfair competition — A term which may be applied generally to all dishonest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce, but is particularly applied to the practice of endeavoring to substitute one s own goods or products in the markets for those of another, having… …
7Unfair Trade Practice — Using various deceptive, fraudulent or unethical methods to obtain business. Unfair trade practices include misrepresentation, false advertising, tied selling and other acts that are declared unlawful by statute. It can also be referred to as… …
8unfair methods of competition — This phrase within Federal Trade Commission Act has broader meaning than common law term unfair competition, but its scope cannot be precisely defined, and what constitutes unfair methods of competition must be determined in particular instances …
9Acts of the claimant — In the English law of negligence, the acts of the claimant may give the defendant a defence to liability, whether in whole or part, if those acts unreasonably add to the loss.The principlesIn the normal course of events, the defendant is liable… …
10unfair labor practice — Within National Labor Relations Act, it is an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights to self organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to… …
