Words / M / Law

mutual trust and confidence

phrase

C1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The implied duty on both employer and employee not to act in a way likely to destroy or seriously damage the working relationship.

By cutting her pay without consultation, the employer breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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