Legal glossary category
Employment Law
Browse 7 glossary entries in the Employment Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
disability
Disability is like having a hall pass from school; it means you can't do everything perfectly right now.
Open term →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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