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| General rule governing employment in most states. |
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| Organization of employees that is formed to protect the welfare of its members. |
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| Collective bargaining agreement |
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| Contract negotiations between the employer and representatives of the labor union covering issues related to employment. |
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| Establishes a series of steps that should have read an employee employee must follow to appeal the decisions of an employer who may have violated the collected bargaining agreement. |
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| Set amount of money to compensate employees for being discharged. |
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| Principle that bars a party from taking back certain types of promises, such as charitable subscriptions, on which another party relies. |
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| A contract that comes about through the actions of the parties. |
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| A statement holding that, regardless of any provisions, policies, or oral promises to the contrary, an employment-at-will situation exists between the employer and the employee. |
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| Allows fired employees too recover compensatory and punitive damages if he or she can prove that the firing violated public policy. |
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| Exception to employment-at-will doctrine that holds in any employment relationship, there is an implied promise that employer and employee will be fair and honest in their dealings with one another. |
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| Business or company that requires a person to be a member of a union before hired. |
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| Business or company in which a worker must join the union within 30 days after being employed. |
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| State laws that prohibit union shops. |
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| Requiring an employer, usually by union, to keep unneeded employees, to pay employees for not working, or to assign more employees to a given job that are needed. |
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| Laws that control the work that children are permitted to do and the hours they are permitted to work. |
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