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Definition: Labor Department |
Labor DepartmentNoun1. The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners; created in 1913. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Labor DepartmentSynonyms: Department of Labor (n), Labor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Labor Department |
| English words defined with "Labor Department": Labor Secretary ♦ Secretary of Labor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Labor Department": Adjustment to Immigrant Status ♦ BLENDING SUPERVISOR, BLS, building-service supervisor, Bureau of Labor Statistics ♦ Dictionary of Occupational Titles, DIRECTOR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ♦ employee relations administrator, ESA, ESTIMATOR, PRINTING ♦ major mine disaster, manager, building, MANAGER, FLIGHT KITCHEN, mine circulating fan ♦ NLRB ♦ Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OFCCP ♦ POWER-TRANSMISSION ENGINEER ♦ SUPERINTENDENT, BUILDING, SUPERINTENDENT, MAINTENANCE ♦ Trade Adjustment Assistance ♦ United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration ♦ vice president, industrial relations. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Barbados | The Government Labor Department is responsible for ensuring that labor standards are maintained and also serves a mediator for disputes within the private sector. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Business entities must file a Declaration of Commencement of Business with the Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, the Labor Department and the National Social Security Fund. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONG KONG | Legislation passed in October 1997 permits the cross-industry affiliation of labor union federations and confederations, and allows free association with overseas trade unions (although notification of the Labor Department within one month of affiliation is required), but removed the legal stipulation of trade unions' right to engage employers in collective bargaining and banned the use of union funds for political purposes. (references) |
Women | Dominica | According to the Labor Department, many women in rural areas find it difficult to meet basic needs, at least in part owing to the decline in the banana export industry. (references) |
Malaysia | The number of cases reported to the Labor Department in 2000 was 61, more than double the 29 cases reported in 1999. However, the Human Resources Ministry acknowledged in 2000 that shame and embarrassment of the victim often prevent women from reporting sexual harassment. (references) | |
Malaysia | Shahrizat stated in September that her Ministry would conduct a review of the Code's effectiveness in March 2002. In August Human Resources Minister announced the creation of a special monitoring unit in the Labor Department to monitor and investigate discriminatory practices, including sexual harassment, against women in the workplace. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Vanuatu | The Labor Department effectively enforces these laws. (references) |
Vanuatu | A legislated minimum wage is enforced effectively by the Labor Department. (references) | |
Vanuatu | The Employment Act, enforced by the Labor Department, includes provisions for safety standards. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "labor department"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | aborlay epartmentday.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-l-m-n-o-p-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: departmental. | |
-4 letters: detonatable, treponemata. | |
-5 letters: alternated, alternator, bardolater, department, deportable, deportment, elaborated, entodermal, maltreated, maltreater, pardonable, parenteral, patentable, ponderable, promenader, reportable, reprobated, treponemal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 62 6F 72 44 65 70 61 72 74 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110010 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a b o r   D e p a r t m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0062 006F 0072 0044 0065 0070 0061 0072 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4667688184238718267848679718086 |
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