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make-whole relief

noun

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Remedies designed to restore a wronged employee to the position they would have occupied absent the violation.

Make-whole relief here means back pay, restored seniority, and reinstatement to the same shift.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

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