Agriculture refers to the acts of farming and raising livestock. Activities that fall within agriculture include soil preparation, seed planting, crop harvesting, gardening, viticulture (growing grapes), apiculture (bee-raising), dairying,...
employment law
alternative dispute resolution - state statutes
Alabama- Title 6, Chapter 6
Alaska
Arizona- Title 12, Article 2
Arkansas- Title 16, Subtitle1- 7
California (see Title 2, Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 4.5, Article 5)
Colorado- Title 13, Article 22, Part 2
Connecticut- Title 52, Chapter 909...
bargaining unit
A bargaining unit is a group of employees who have a clear and identifiable community of interests with one another. Additionally, a bargaining unit is represented by a single labor union in dealings with management such as collective...
BFOQ
A Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) can be defined as a legally authorized restriction granted to employers to refuse the hiring or a person based on their sex, religion, or national origin. 42 U.S. Code § 2000e-2 allows for an...
blue flu
Blue flu is a euphemistic term referring to a bargaining tactic in which law enforcement officers call in sick en masse to circumvent prohibitions against police strikes. The District of Columbia, for example, criminalizes organized police...
boycott
Boycott is a term that is most frequently referenced in the context of antitrust law. It is a concerted refusal to deal with a disfavored purchaser or seller. The word is both a noun and a verb and stems from Captain Charles C. Boycott’s name...
bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is a term composed of bureau (meaning "writing desk" in old French) and -cracy (meaning "power" in Latin). A bureaucracy is a form of work organization. The historical meaning of the term refers to a body of non-elected government...
capacity
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:
In the context of criminal law, the term “capacity” means...captive audience
A captive audience refers to a situation in which an employer gives speeches that discourage employees from joining a union or that are in some way anti-union. These speeches may be given to employees on company time and company property and...
casual labor
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.
Because “casual labor” is not defined in any state...