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labour law

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK, uncountable

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Across languages

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48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: የሰራተኞች ሕግ (yäsäratäñoč ḥəg) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Arabic: قانون العمل — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Armenian: աշխատանքի իրավունք (ašxatankʻi iravunkʻ) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Asturian: derechu llaboral — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Azerbaijani: əmək hüququ — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Basque: lan-zuzenbide — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Bulgarian: трудово право (trudovo pravo) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Catalan: dret laboral — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞動法 /劳动法 (láodòngfǎ) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Czech: pracovní právo — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Danish: arbejdsret — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Dutch: arbeidsrecht — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Esperanto: labora juro — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Estonian: tööõigus — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Finnish: työoikeus — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • French: droit du travail — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Galician: dereito laboral — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • German: Arbeitsrecht — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Greek: εργατικό δίκαιο (ergatikó díkaio) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Hebrew: דיני עבודה — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Hindi: श्रम कानून (śram kānūn) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Hungarian: munkajog — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Indonesian: hukum perburuhan — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Italian: diritto del lavoro — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Japanese: 労働法 — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Kannada: ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಕಾನೂನು (kārmika kānūnu) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Kazakh: еңбек құқығы (eñbek qūqyğy) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Korean: 노동법 (nodongbeop) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Lithuanian: darbo teisė — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Macedonian: трудово право (trudovo pravo) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Norwegian: arbeidsrett — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Pashto: د کار قانون — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Persian: قانون کار — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Polish: prawo pracy — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Portuguese: direito do trabalho — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Russian: трудово́е пра́во (trudovóje právo) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Serbo-Croatian: radno pravo — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Sicilian: dirittu dû travagghiu — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Slovak: pracovné právo — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Slovene: delovno pravo — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Spanish: derecho del trabajo — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Spanish: derecho laboral — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Swedish: arbetsrätt — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Tagalog: batas paggawa — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Tajik: ҳуқуқи меҳнатӣ (huquq-i mehnati) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Turkish: iş hukuku — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Ukrainian: трудове право (trudove pravo) — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government
  • Vietnamese: luật lao động — body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government