unfair practice

noun

1. unfair competition.
2. any practice in business involving the general public or competing parties that is prohibited by statute and regulated by an appropriate government agency.

Example Sentences

If an employee believes the union breached its duty of fair representation, he or she can file an unfair practice charge with that agency, De La Torre said.

From Voice of San Diego

De La Torre said the agency won’t take action against a union unless an employee files an unfair practice charge.

From Voice of San Diego

Federal law bans “unfair methods of competition” and “unfair or deceptive acts or practices,” and the definitions of those unfair practices have largely been left to courts and the merits of individual cases.

From Washington Post

As the tax revision wars wound down, he refocused on trade, representing a coalition of American steel companies charging foreign competitors with benefitting from unfair practices like government subsidies.

From ProPublica

The social media giant is already in the middle of an anti-trust probe in the US over accusations of unfair practices, among other things.

From Quartz

There can be no pleasure in playing with a person once detected in such unfair practice.

From Project Gutenberg

There can be no pleasure in playing with a person once detected in such an unfair practice.

From Project Gutenberg

Rabbits had palled on Saladin, owing to their absurd and unfair practice of running underground.

From Project Gutenberg