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| general rule governing employment in most states. |
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| organization of employees that is formed to promote welfare of its members. |
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| collective bargaining agreement |
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| contract negotiated by the employer and representatives of the labor union, and it covers issues related to employment. |
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| establishes a series of steps that an employee must follow to appeal the decision of an employer who may have violated the collective bargaining agreement. |
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| a set amount of money to compensate employees for being discharged and to help them through the time that they remain unemployed. |
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| principle that bars a party from taking back certain types of promises, such as charitable subscriptions, on which another party relies. |
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| a contract that comes about through the actions of the parties. |
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| a statement holding that an employment-at-wil situation exists between the employee and the employee. |
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| allows a fired employee to recover compensatory and punitive damages if he or she can prove that the firing violated public property. |
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| any employment relationship, there is an implied promise that employer and employee will be fair and honest in their dealings with one another. |
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| buisness or company that requires a person to be a member of a union before being hired. |
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| business or company in which a worker must join the union within 30 days after being employed. |
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| state laws that prohibit union shops. |
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| requires an employer, usually by a union, to keep unneeded employees, to pay employees for not working, or to assign more employees to a given job than are needed. |
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| Laws that control the work that children are permitted to do and the hours they are permitted to work. |
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