New York Laws > Executive > Article 24 – Office of Employee Relations
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| § 650 | Statement of policy |
| § 651 | Definition |
| § 652 | Office of employee relations; director |
| § 653 | Powers and duties |
| § 654 | Actions by other officers, departments, boards, commissions or agencies |
Terms Used In New York Laws > Executive > Article 24 - Office of Employee Relations
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.