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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN)

A federal law requiring employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs.

 

Workers' Compensation

A program that provides partial wage replacement for employees injured on the job.

 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Reformed U.S. job training programs, mandating the use of one-stop systems to eliminate the duplication of services. WIA is intended to improve the quality of the workforce, enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation and to reduce welfare dependency.

 

Workweek

As defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours--seven consecutive 24-hour periods.

 

Wrongful Discharge

Occurs when an employer terminates an individual's employment for reasons that are improper or illegal.

 

Yellow-dog Contract

An agreement whereby employees state that they are not now, nor will they be in the future, a union member. These types of contracts were outlawed with the passage of the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

 

Yield Ratio

A comparison of the number of applicants at one stage of the recruiting process to the number at the next stage.

 

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