employment law

employment law
The body of law that governs the employer-employee relationship, including individual employment contracts, the application of tort (See tort law) and contract doctrines, and a large group of statutory regulation on issues such as the right to organize and negotiate collective bargaining agreements, protection from discrimination, wages and hours, and health and safety.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


employment law
The body of law that governs the employer-employee relationship, including individual employment contracts, the application of tort and contract doctrines, and a large group of statutory regulation on issues such as the right to organize and negotiate collective bargaining agreements, protection from discrimination, wages and hours, and health and safety.

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