Contract and Business Law * Definitions of a contract Contracts are a very important part of business life. They establish agreements between you and your employees, landlords or tenants, suppliers, customers and other businesses. They are usually drawn up by solicitors. A contract is an agreement that commits you or your business to a course of action. Therefore, it is important that you ask your solicitor or adviser to explain any language or terminology that you may not understand.
Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment LAW 531—Business Law June **, 2009 Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter 1: The information provide for this legal issue (Newcorp termination of Pat Grey) is an implied contract problem. Implied contracts in most courts are upheld because of the presence of promises, produces, and policies in an employee personnel manual. The Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance/Corrective Action Plan is the most important document for both Pat Grey and Newcorp in this case. The supporting legal case is Dillon v. Champion Jogbra, Inc. To determine which party is right will be base on the supporting evidences. If Newcorp can produce the Corrective Action Plan, the company will have the supported evidence to terminate Ms. Grey base on unsatisfactory performance.
How can you get to the bottom of an issue if employees are upset of being accused of doing their job wrong? Manzoni should have been the one to conduct this meeting to stress the importance of doing the input correctly she is the chief executive officer (CEO). Employees basically rejected everything they were told because of Singh’s approach to the training and the way she talked to them, it is evident since the data entry worsened. Training should lead to improvement not a decline in the services. These are all potential sources of the problem.
Jinwoo Park (100791161) ASSIGNMENT 2 1. Issue: Can Valley Homes revoke their original offer legally? Rules: A valid offer must contain all the terms to be included in the contract. An offer is the act of presenting something for acceptance. The offer can be revoked at any time before it is actually accepted.
Vicarious liability can only be imposed if it is proved that the employee was acting “in the course of employment.” This criteria is essential, and requires a clear connection between the employment duties and the employee’s acts complained of. As such, most employer’s will be insured in order to avoid such liability. In addition, in order to establish vicarious liability, it is necessary to show that an employee was employed under a contract of service, or in the case of an independent contractor, a contract for services. English law has also established that an employer can be held vicariously liable for a breach of statutory duty by
The experiment ended when a graduate student who became Zimbardo’s wife came to visualize the experiment. She thought it was wrong and that he must put an end to the trial. She thought the experiment was not “normal” and that it was extremely deviance. Deviance is the recognized violation of cultural norms. The grad student felt very sadden about the experiment and she put an premature end to the study.
Advice Austin of his legal position and what remedies, if any, are. Offer and Acceptance is a traditional approach in contract law which is used to determine when an agreement exists between two parties. In order to constitute a contract, there must be an offer by one person to another and an acceptance of that offer by the person to whom is made. A legally binding offer in order to be valid will have to include clearly stated terms because sometimes a statement may be indefinite to consist of a valid offer. Also, an offer will include intention to do business and as a final feature the offer must be communicated to the offeree.The communication of an offer may be written or spoken but it may usually be by conduct.
1.Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work. 1.1 – List the aspects of employment covered by law. Every aspect of employment is covered by law. Every employee must be given a contract of employment the laws which relate to the conditions of employment are: * Minimum wage * The hours worked by the employee * Discrimination * Health and Safety * Holiday entitlement * Redundancy and dismissal * Training * Disciplinary procedures * Union rights 1.2 – List the main features of current employment legislation The main features of current employment are: * Employment rights * Equality and Diversity * Discrimination * Health and Safety 1.3 – Outline why legislation relating to employment exists Legislation exists in order to stop the exploitation of the workforce. It protects both the employer and the employee by providing rules and regulations which must be adhered to.
“Grievance Procedure is a step by step process an employee must follow to get their complaints addressed satisfactorily. In this process, the formal (written) complaint moves from one level of authority to the next.” The purpose of this process is to ensure the organization creates a working environment where employees may perform his/her duties to the best of their abilities as it relates to their assigned duties and responsibilities. In this paper, I will discuss the effective use of the grievance procedure for the settlement of disputes. HR 586: Labor Relations Course Project I. Various Types of Grievances There are various types of grievances that can come into play in the grievance process, usually depending on how they transpire.
Dropout rates and other violent crimes may contribute from continuous suspension and expulsion. “Just imagine if a student just committed a crime for example, doing graffiti on the lockers. Then the student is sent to the principal tells the student that their suspended. The student will now feel very sad and happy at the same time because they just got suspended. This can ruin his life and at the same time, the students could dropout from school and do whatever they like.”(Dale) When students get expelled from schools, there would be no hope for them and they would no longer care about their education and their future goals.