n. a person who is hired for wages, salaries, honoraria or payment to perform work for an employer. In agency law, the employee is designated as an agent and the employer as the client. This is important in determining whether a person is acting as an employee if they are injured (for workers` compensation) or if they cause harm to another person, making the employer liable for damages caused to the injured party. Created by FindLaw`s team of writers and legal writers| Last updated: 20 June 2016 Construction discharge. A type of termination of the employment relationship in which the employee resigns, but the employer is liable as if an illegal dismissal had occurred because the employee was forced to resign due to unreasonable working conditions. Informer. A term for an employee who « denounces » an employer, i.e. reports an employer`s illegal act or practice to the authorities.
Whistleblowers are entitled to a number of protections under federal and state law. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (« ESOP »). A benefit provided by the employer that allows employees to purchase shares of the company on certain favorable terms. A trainee lawyer is either a law student hired by a licensed lawyer to perform day-to-day legal tasks while learning law, or a licensed lawyer who works for a judge to help draft and research cases before the judge. At the ABA`s semi-annual meeting in February 2020, the ABA`s decision-making body, the House of Delegates, adopted the current definition of paralegal, as recommended by the Paralegal Standing Committee. The current definition is risk mitigation. An act by a worker that reduces the amount of harm resulting from an illegal employment practice, i.e. obtaining a new job as a result of an unjustified dismissal. Comparable value. A legal concept that persons engaged in similar activities of similar value to those of the employer should be remunerated equally, regardless of gender.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (« COBRA »). A federal law requiring employers to allow employees to maintain their health insurance coverage after termination in the same insurance group, at the group rate, and to provide the same benefits. The current definition replaces the one adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in 1997. This updated definition removes the term « legal assistant » to reflect terminology that more accurately represents the type of substantive work performed by paralegals. Additional payment. A type of damages in a class action lawsuit that represents the amount of money the employee would have earned if the employee had not been terminated or illegally denied a promotion. Learn more about FindLaw`s newsletters, including our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Minimum wage. A fixed minimum hourly rate that employers in certain industries are required by law to pay their employees. Non-compete obligation.
A contract (or part of a contract) in which an employee agrees not to work for a competing employer (or not to form a competing business) during or for a specified period after employment with the employer. Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). A federal law that protects older workers from age discrimination. Employment at will. A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason without penalty. Cafeteria plan. A type of job performance plan in which the employee selects benefits from a « menu » up to a specified amount. Americans with Disabilities Act (« ADA »). A federal law that protects workers from discrimination based on disability and requires employers to provide « reasonable accommodation » for their employees` disabilities.
Telecommuting. Work from home or elsewhere away from the office using technologies such as phones and computers. Options. A type of pension plan where employees have the opportunity to buy shares in the company they work for. Title VII. Part of the Federal Citizenship Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of age, color, national origin, race, religion or sex. Family Medical Leave Act (« FMLA »). Federal law requires certain employers to provide employees with leave to care for their own illness or that of a family member, or to care for a newborn or adopted child.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The federal administrative agency that enforces laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. This website is protected by reCAPTCHA and Google`s privacy policy and terms of service apply. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (« OSHA »). The federal agency responsible for creating and enforcing health and safety standards in the workplace. Sexual harassment. « Quid pro quo » harassment is an unwanted sexual advance by an employer or supervisor that becomes a condition of the employee`s employment or poses a threat to the employee`s continued employment. A harassment lawsuit in a « hostile work environment » can occur when the presence of degrading or sexual photos, jokes, threats, or the general atmosphere is so pervasive that it creates an intimidating and abusive work environment.
Cler, eccl. Every person attached to the ecclesiastical state and who has submitted to the tonsure ceremony is a scribe. Civil servant, officer. A person employed in a public or private office to keep records or books. Its task is to properly draft or register the cases of the court or body to which it belongs. However, some employees have little or nothing to write in their offices, such as the market writer, whose duties are mostly limited to monitoring the markets. In English law, clerk also means a clergyman. Employee Assistance Program (« EAP »). A workplace program offered by the employer to help employees recover from drug or alcohol abuse, emotional problems, workplace stress, marital conflict or workplace conflict.
Reimbursement of tuition fees. An employee benefit when the employer pays all or part of the employee`s tuition for courses or training. Clerk, trade, contract. A person who is employed by a trader and who only takes care of part of his business, while the trader supervises the whole thing himself. It differs from one factor in that it provides the entire domicile of its principal for the property transferred to it. Leopard. Dr. Com.
No. 38, 1 Chit. Practice. 80; 2 bouv. Inst. Nr. 1287. Implied contract. A type of binding contract that is not explicitly entered into, but is implied by the circumstances or conduct of the parties. Individual Retirement Account (« IRA »). A tax-deferred savings account into which the employee does not contribute more than a specified maximum amount each year. Wage garnishment.
Receipt or seizure of the amount owing under a support or other order directly deducted from the employee`s wages. Overtime pay. A higher rate of pay (usually 1.5 or 2 times the regular hourly rate) An employer is required to pay employees who work more than a certain number of hours in a day or week.