Legal glossary category
Employment Law
Browse 6 glossary entries in the Employment Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
discrimination
Discrimination is when you don't let your friend play on the swing because of their messy hair color, even if they are perfectly capable.
Open term →employee
It’s like having a permission slip for school; if you are an employee, the principal (employer) controls when and where you go.
Open term →employee benefit
Think of it like a permission slip: your paycheck is the basic allowance, but the free lunch or field trip is the employee benefit.
Open term →employee benefit plan
Think of a school hall pass that lets a kid skip class; an employee benefit plan is the employer’s hall pass that lets workers receive health care...
Open term →independent contractor
Think of a hall pass: you can leave class, but the teacher doesn’t tell you exactly what to do outside.
Open term →labor
Labor is like the promise you make on a permission slip; it’s the actual work you do to earn your allowance.
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