| apprentice |
to place as an apprentice to an employer. [1/3 definitions] |
| colleague |
a person who has the same job or employer as another. |
| collective bargaining |
the bargaining process that occurs between organized workers and their employer to reach an agreement on wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions. |
| EOE |
abbreviation of "equal opportunity employer." |
| expense account |
a record of an employee's expenditures that will be paid or paid back by the employer, or a specified amount of such allowable expenditures. |
| featherbedding |
the practice, or an instance, of requiring an employer to hire more workers than necessary, or of restricting the production of workers. |
| interview |
a meeting between a job applicant and a prospective employer, usu. to determine the applicant's qualifications. [2/5 definitions] |
| live in |
to live and sleep in the same place where one works, usually the private home of one's employer. |
| lockout |
the closing of a factory or business by the employer during a labor dispute in order to force employees to change their demands. |
| minimum wage |
the lowest wage that an employer can pay an employee according to law or labor union agreement. |
| multiemployer |
combined form of employer. |
| on the carpet |
being reprimanded or closely questioned by someone in authority, such as one's employer. |
| payroll |
a list of those who are to be paid by an employer and the amount of money due to each. [2 definitions] |
| pension |
money paid at regular times by a former employer to a person who has retired, or by the government to a person who is not able to work. |
| people |
persons in regard to a leader, employer, residence, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| redundancy |
(chiefly British) the condition of workers being no longer needed by an employer, or the resulting dismissal or layoff. [1/4 definitions] |
| right-to-work law |
a state law that forbids an employer from refusing employment to a person on the basis of his or her not being a union member. |
| Scrooge |
the main character in Charles Dickens's nineteenth-century fable A Christmas Carol, who, as a result of visits from several spirits, changes from a hard-hearted miser to a generous employer and philanthropist. [1/2 definitions] |
| self-employed |
working for oneself or in one's own business, rather than for an employer. |
| slave driver |
an employer or supervisor who is very harsh or severe. [1/2 definitions] |
| soldier of fortune |
a military adventurer willing to serve any employer; mercenary. [1/2 definitions] |