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  2. Serfdom - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] Bhutan is described by Tashi Wangchuk, a Bhutanese civil servant, as having officially abolished serfdom by 1959, but he believes that less than or about 10% of poor peasants were in copyhold situations. [11] The United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery also prohibits serfdom as a practice similar to ...

  3. Servant leadership - Wikipedia

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    This outcome is expected because the servant leader's main concern is the well-being of their employees. [29] Likewise, servant leaders managing the work environment and things such as "rewards, deadlines, work allocation and performance evaluations" [29] has a positive effect on the well-being and satisfaction of employees because the ...

  4. Master and Servant Act - Wikipedia

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    The UK's Master and Servant Act 1823 described its purpose as "the better regulations of servants, labourers and work people". This particular act greatly influenced industrial relations and employment law in the United States , Australia (an 1845 act), Canada (1847), New Zealand (1856) and South Africa (1856).

  5. Respondeat superior - Wikipedia

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    When an employee or a servant commits a civil wrong against a third party, the employer or master could be liable for the acts of the servant or employee when the acts are committed within the scope of the relationship. The third party could proceed against the servant and master; that is, the employee and employer.

  6. Servant (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Servant is an American psychological horror television series created by Tony Basgallop, with executive producer M. Night Shyamalan acting as showrunner, and produced for Apple TV+. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lauren Ambrose , Toby Kebbell , Nell Tiger Free and Rupert Grint star in all four seasons of the series, which premiered on November 28, 2019, and ...

  7. Priestley v Fowler - Wikipedia

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    Priestley v Fowler [1837] 150 ER 1030 is an old English tort law case, which introduced the old rule of common employment (or "fellow servant rule" in the United States).This is idea that the employer is not liable for injuries caused by one employee to another in the course of their employment.

  8. Batman (military) - Wikipedia

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    In the German Army the batman was known as Ordonnanz ("orderly") from the French "ordonnance", or colloquially as Putzer ("cleaner") or as Bursche ("boy" or "valet").. The main character Švejk of the antimilitarist, satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by the Czech author Jaroslav Hašek is the most famous portrayal of a batman drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War.

  9. Common employment - Wikipedia

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    According to Katherine Aiken, "persons engaged in the same common pursuit for the same employer were fellow servants and companies were not liable for injuries where a fellow servant was at fault. Thus, either the miner himself or his coworker was ultimately responsible for accidents."