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contract of employment

British  

noun

  1. a written agreement between an employer and an employee, that, taken together with the rights of each under statute and common law, determines the employment relations between them

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The first relates to "pay secrecy clauses" in a contract of employment, he says.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022

"The decision has been taken due to violations of his duty of loyalty and material breach of other personal obligations under his contract of employment," Generali said in a statement.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

McLean Credit Union, 1989, it declared that although the 1866 law does prohibit racial discrimination in a contract of employment, any on-the-job discrimination should be handled in accord with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

SPL rules directly point to a "written contract of employment" in relation to punishment for tapping up.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2010

The agitation against this evil carried on by the labor unions finally resulted in the enactment by Congress of legislation forbidding the importation of labor under contract of employment.

From The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by Smith, J. Allen (James Allen)

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