Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

community of interest

1. Participation in a joint venture characterized by shared liability and shared opportunity for profit. See JOINT VENTURE. 2. A common grievance that must be shared by all class members to maintain the class action. See CLASS ACTION. 3. Labor law. A criterion used by the National Labor Relations Board in deciding whether a group of employees should be allowed to act as a bargaining unit. ( The Board considers whether the employees have similar duties, wages, hours, benefits, skills, training, supervision, and working conditions. See BARGAINING UNIT.