In 1990, Congress amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), adding the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) to clarify the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age. The OWBPA is a federal law that requires...
employment
OSHA
Acronym: Occupational Safety and Health Administration See workplace safety
partial disability
Partial disability is a category of disability used for Workers Compensation benefits or private disability insurance payments. It is defined as any type of disability in which the worker is not completely disabled but is unable to perform...
Pension
pension law: an overview
Upon retirement many workers continue to receive monetary compensation from their employer in the form of a pension. There are two main types of pensions. Under a defined benefit plan, the benefit that an employee receives is...
per diem
Per diem is a Latin phrase that translates to “per day.” Generally, per diem describes a daily amount paid to a person for work expenses incurred during work travel. This most commonly includes accommodation and meals, though other expenses...
PERM
PERM is the Program Electronic Review Management system developed by the U.S. Department of Labor to replace the previous labor certification program. Labor certification is required of U.S. employers seeking to employ foreign citizens on a permanent...
Permanent disability
Permanent disability is a physical or mental impairment that indefinitely diminishes a worker's ability to perform the duties or normal activities that the worker performed before the accident or serious illness. If the injury...
picketing
Picketing is a method of protesting where individuals stand outside of a workplace or organization to publicize an issue, often a labor dispute, and persuade employees or customers to withhold their work or business. Picketing allows the...
pink slip
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary1) Slang for notice from an employer that one is being fired or laid off. 2) Slang for the official title certificate to a vehicle, because in some states the document is or was pink. This is the source...
plant closing
For purposes of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notificaton (WARN) Act, a plant closing means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single employment site, or one or more facilities or operating units within a site, which results in job loss...