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. [1/2 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] |