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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. Fixed-term employment contract - Wikipedia

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   Fixed-term employment contract. A fixed-term contract is a contractual relationship between an employee and an employer that lasts for a specified period that is determined in advance. These contracts are usually regulated by countries' labor laws, to ensure that employers still fulfill basic labour rights regardless of a contract's form ...

5. Collective bargaining - Wikipedia

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   Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The interests of the employees are commonly presented by representatives of a trade union to which the ...

6. Yellow-dog contract - Wikipedia

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   Yellow-dog contract. A yellow-dog contract (a yellow-dog clause of a contract, also known as an ironclad oath) [1] is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union. [2] In the United States, such contracts were used by employers to prevent the ...

7. Independent contracting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   e. An independent contractor is a person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services under a written contract or a verbal agreement. Unlike employees, independent contractors do not work regularly for an employer but work as required, when they may be subject to law of agency. Independent contractors are usually paid on a ...