United Nations Conciliation Commission — The United Nations Conciliation Commission was created by UN General Assembly Resolution 194, in order to conclude the 1948 Arab Israeli War. On December 11, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the proposal to set up the committee with… … Wikipedia
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Canada) — The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is a Canadian government agency under the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Department.The agency is responsible for providing dispute resolution and dispute prevention assistance to… … Wikipedia
employment tribunal — A tribunal established by statute to hear and rule on certain disputes, including those arising out of employment. They generally consist of a legally qualified chairperson and two lay members with appropriate experience. They were formerly known … Law dictionary
case management discussions — (CMDs) Known as Directions Hearings until 1 October 2004. CMDs are hearings held by an employment tribunal to deal with the future conduct and progress of a claim, or to address specific issues such as disclosure or scheduling of a hearing date.… … Law dictionary
CMDs — case management discussions (CMDs) Known as Directions Hearings until 1 October 2004. CMDs are hearings held by an employment tribunal to deal with the future conduct and progress of a claim, or to address specific issues such as disclosure or… … Law dictionary
CMD — case management discussions (CMDs) Known as Directions Hearings until 1 October 2004. CMDs are hearings held by an employment tribunal to deal with the future conduct and progress of a claim, or to address specific issues such as disclosure or… … Law dictionary
claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… … Law dictionary
pre-hearing review — (PHR) In employment law, a hearing that takes place before the substantive hearing of the case that may be used to make case management decisions and to determine any preliminary issues (such as whether the claimant is an employee or whether the… … Law dictionary
Arbitration — • A method of arranging differences between two parties by referring them to the judgment of a disinterested outsider whose decision the parties to a dispute agree in advance to accept as in some way binding Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
