adverse action
noun Legal
- English meaning
- Harmful action by an employer, such as firing or demoting a worker, for an unlawful reason.
- Example
Firing someone for joining a union is adverse action.
- Common collocations
- take adverse action
- Word family
- adverse
Translation
- 한국어불이익 조치
- 中文不利行为
- 日本語不利益な取扱い
- ไทยการกระทำที่เป็นผลร้าย
- Bahasa Indonesiatindakan merugikan
- Tiếng Việthành động bất lợi
- Русскийнеблагоприятные действия
- हिन्दीप्रतिकूल कार्रवाई
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