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Business, Management, Human Resources Dictionary: L

Find business, management and human resources terminology - the terms that begin with L in the glossary.

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What Is the U.S. Department of Labor?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is the federal agency charged with promoting the best interests of wage earners, job searchers, and retirees. The DOL does this by: “improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.”
Learning Organization
Peter Senge defined the learning organization. He said they were “organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning how to learn together.”
Letter of Resignation
Definitions for a letter of resignation or a resignation letter for the human resources glossary of human resources related terms.
Love Contract Policy
A love contract policy is a document signed by the two employees in a consensual dating relationship that declares that the relationship is by consent. Additionally, organizations may include guidelines on behavior appropriate at work from the dating couple. The contracts generally make arbitration the only grievance process available to the participants in the office romance. Love contracts eliminate the possibility of a later sexual harassment lawsuit when the relationship ends.
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