A cafeteria plan is a written employee benefit program that allows employees to choose at least two benefits from a menu of options. As explained by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a cafeteria plan must allow employees to choose between one taxable benefit (e.g. cash) and a qualified, or nontaxable, benefit (e.g. accident and health benefits).
Capacity refers to the ability to make a rational decision based upon all relevant facts and considerations. Some common usages of the term “capacity” in a legal sense include:
Casual labor is defined as a term of art used to refer to work that does not further the business of the employer, typically done on a one-time or very sporadic basis.
A civil case is a private, non-criminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights, including respecting rights stated under the Constitution or under federal or state law.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), and religion in employment, education, and access to public facilities and public accommodations, such as restauran
A closed shop is an arrangement whereby a place of employment requires current membership in a specific union as a condition of employment. While initially permitted, the practice of closed shops has since been outlawed by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
COBRA, or the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, is a federal statute, passed in 1985 that provides employees and their families the right to continue group health benefits under an
Coercive statement by an employer refers to when employers illegally attempt to pressure employees to not participate in union activities. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), an employer may not make any coercive statement that involves threats to the employee. Freedom of speech protects an employers’ ability to make arguments to their employees against joining a union, but in doing so, the employer cannot include any hints of reprisals against the employee.
The Collyer doctrine is a doctrine in labor law which states that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will defer charges (ie.
