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2. At-will employment - Wikipedia

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   Definition. At-will employment is generally described as follows: "any hiring is presumed to be 'at will'; that is, the employer is free to discharge individuals 'for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all,' and the employee is equally free to quit, strike, or otherwise cease work." [6] In an October 2000 decision largely reaffirming ...

3. Employment contract - Wikipedia

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   Employment contract. An employment contract or contract of employment is a kind of contract used in labour law to attribute rights and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. The contract is between an "employee" and an "employer". It has arisen out of the old master-servant law, used before the 20th century.

4. Zero-hour contract - Wikipedia

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   A 'zero-hour contract' is a type of contract between an employer and a worker according to which the employer is not obliged to provide any minimum working hours and the worker is not obliged to accept any work offered. [1] The term 'zero-hour contract' is primarily used in the United Kingdom. The employee may sign an agreement to be available ...

5. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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   Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message (1861) Like slavery, common law repression of labor unions was slow to be undone. In 1806, Commonwealth v. Pullis held that a Philadelphia shoemakers union striking for higher wages was an illegal "conspiracy", even though corporations —combinations of employers—were lawful. Unions still formed and acted. The first federation of unions, the National ...

6. Marginal employment - Wikipedia

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   All German industries are allowed to offer mini job contracts, but the most common types of mini jobs are in the fields of catering, retail, and domestic work. Mini jobs were first intended to legalize informal work and to become a means of promoting employment. However, mini-jobs are tax-free and relatively abundant.

7. Non-compete clause - Wikipedia

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   In contract law, a non-compete clause (often NCC ), restrictive covenant, or covenant not to compete ( CNC ), is a clause under which one party (usually an employee) agrees not to enter into or start a similar profession or trade in competition against another party (usually the employer). In the labor market, these agreements prevent workers ...