(UK, Canada) The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.
(UK, Canada) The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.
Labour law means: The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.. It is mainly Canadian English and may not be understood outside that context. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
Labour law means: The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.. It is mainly Canadian English and may not be understood outside that context. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(North America) A continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment; a trade union.
(Canada, legal) The principle, widely recognized in Canadian law and in collective agreements, that all employees of a unionized workplace must pay dues to the labor union, whether they choose to be members of the union or not.
(US, public policy, legal) The prohibition of union security agreements or closed shops; the prohibition of the requirement that those who take on work in a unionised shop join the union or pay it for representing them.
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
labour law means: The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.. Register: formal, legal English. Standard in its technical domain but rare in everyday talk; gloss with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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