employment law

Harassment refers to words or behavior that threatens, intimidates, or demeans a person. Harassment is unwanted, uninvited, and unwelcome and causes nuisance, alarm, or substantial emotional distress without any legitimate purpose.

Health maintenance organizations (HMO) are a popular type of medical insurance provider, characterized by their limited costs and eligible service provider system. HMOs provide medical insurance with low periodic premiums in exchange for only covering work performed from medical professionals within their network. HMOs also tend to charge low or no deductibles and limited copays.

• employment law
• healthcare law

Hiring firms are businesses that employ one or more independent contractors.

A hiring hall refers to a system or organization, often operated by a union, where employers go to find employees to fill job openings. The union manages the process of referring workers to employers and ensures that workers are selected based on established criteria, such as seniority.

• labor law

Home office in the legal setting most commonly arises regarding the potential tax deductions under § 280A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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In employment law, a hostile work environment when an employee is subjected to discrimination, harassment or retaliation on the basis of their membership or perceived membership in a protected group such as race, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age, or genetics.

A hot cargo clause is a collective bargaining agreement provision that prohibits an employer from conducting business with some other person. A hot cargo clause would typically require the bargaining employer to refuse to deal with another employer with whom the bargaining union has a labor dispute.

• labor and employment law

Hotel and restaurant law is an area of law that governs the operation of hotels, motels, inns, restaurants, and other establishments that offer shelter and accommodations for compensation. Hotels and restaurants are regulated chiefly by state law, not federal law.

Immigration is the movement of persons into a new country with the intent to reside in that country. This includes state-sanctioned immigration (sometimes referred to as “legal immigration”) and unlawful immigration (sometimes referred to as “illegal immigration”).

• immigration

Incapacity is a term used across different areas of the legal landscape that reflects one’s inability to perform various functions.

Common uses include: