Dictionary Search: "Employer" - Pakistan Law Portal

Employer

A person who controls and directs a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the worker's salary or wages. Cf. PRINCIPAL (1).

Federal Employers' Liability Act

A workers'-compensation law that provides death and disability benefits for employees of railroads engaged in interstate and foreign commerce. 45 USCA §§ 51-60 - Abbr. FE1,A.

employers' liability.

See WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

employers'-liability insurance

1. An agreement to indemnify an employer against an employee's claim not covered under the workers'-compensation system. 2. An agreement to indemnify against liability imposed on an employer for an employee's negligence that injures a third party.

equal-opportunity employer

An employer who agrees not to discriminate against any job applicarit or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, natural origin, age, or disability. - Abbr. EOE.

general employer

An employer who transfers an employee to another employer for a limited period. See borrowed employee under EMPLOYEE.

hot-cargo agreement. Labor law. A voluntary agreement between a union and a neutral employer by which the latter agrees to exert pressure on another employer with whom the union has a dispute, as by c

See LANDRUM-GRIFFIN ACT.

last-employer rule

The doctrine that liability for an occupational injury or illness falls to the employer who exposed the worker to the injurious substance just before the first onset of the disease or injury. - Also termed last-injuriousexposure rule.

special employer

An employer who has borrowed an employee for a limited period and has temporary responsibility and control over the employee's work.

special employer.

See EMPLOYER.

statutory employer