The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary a resource of the .network library

employment:

... engagement in an endeavor as a member of a workforce. It means a worker has a job which implies an employee relationship with an employer. An employment contract may be in place. Employment security may be reinforce by a collective bargaining agreement.

Employment at will is defined as employer and employee having a contract or arrangement that allows for termination at any time without liability or having to necessarily provided just cause or notice. Wikipedia offers an article with a definition of at-will employment.

Employment is defined simply as an engagement in an activity that requires one's time. The term also refers to a report on either the percentage of a population participating in its workforce or the number of workers gainfully employed in an area or laborshed.

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Just cause means taking an action that is liable to be challenged but having sufficient reason for doing so. Say, for example, an employer takes the risk of firing or otherwise disciplining an an employee for good cause although an existing contract means that there may be a challenge (just cause and good cause mean the same thing). According to Weingarten & Just Cause Guidelines at www.hawaflcio.org/J-coz.htm ... The basic underlying principle in disciplinary cases is that the employer must have just cause.

Answers.com states that just cause is a ... reasonable and lawful ground for action.

Duhaime.org (about the website) offers a definition of just cause and an article for added information. The website also has a legal dictionary wherein you can search for terms, such as employment (see .network definitions of employment and employment at will).

The Glossary of Labor and Legal Terminology at the CLEAR UHWO Hawaiii.edu* website defines just cause as well as terms such as lockout which is used in the .network definition of job security as follows: Job security means employees have ... assurances about remaining with continuity on the job. Assurances are generally provided by employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements, or laws dealing with hiring, firing, laying off (layoff) or locking out (locakout) workers (source of quote).

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* Center for Labor Education & Research / University of Hawai'i-West O‘ahu

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