job protection

Tenure-like workplace guarantee

Job protection refers to measures that safeguard workers from being fired arbitrarily or unfairly.

These may be legal statutes, union agreements, or company policies that require cause for termination or guarantee certain rights: The new contract includes strong job protection provisions.

Job protection can also mean shielding positions from elimination due to automation, outsourcing, or budget cuts: Tariffs were sold as job protection for steelworkers.

Opposites
employment security

job protectionat-will employment

Job without guaranteed duration

job insecurity · no job security · zero-hour contracts · gig economy · gig work

labor market philosophy

job protectionright-to-work

Voluntary union membership policy

Family

protection

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G