(800-1000 words) Examine the role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). In your answer, you must refer to at least the following three Acts: * The Trade Practices Act 1974 (C’wlth) * The Prices Surveillance Act 1983 (C’wlth), and * The Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW). This essay will examine the role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which is there to protect the rights of consumer and businesses. This essay will be stating four Acts, which are; the Trade Practices Act of 1974 (TPA), the Prices Surveillance Act of 1983, the Fair Trading Act of 1987, and the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). The ACCC is an organisation which enforces Acts about protecting the rights of consumers
This can be accomplished by conducting business in planning, negotiating, and managing the subcontractors and vender in accordance with JWCS policies and procedures. Which reflects the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), and passing the Defense Contractor Audit Agency (DCAA) maintaining our certification in Federal contracts to support larger companies, and the Federal Governments agencies as Department of Defense (DoD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and numerous other federal
Compliance Law | Description of Compliance Law | Rationale for Using this Law | FISMA | The act requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. | FISMA was a way of protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction within federal agencies and their contractors. | SOX | SOX not only affects the financial side of corporations, it also affects the IT departments whose job it is to store a corporation's electronic records. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act states that all business records, including electronic records and electronic messages, must be saved for "not less than five years." | SOX was enacted in response to the high-profile Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise.
In this task, I will be describing how political, legal and social factors are impacting upon the selected business activities. The two businesses which I have chosen are, Oxfam and also Tesco. Political factors for Tesco Taxation Large business such as Tesco is largely affected by the government taxes, such as income taxes and business rates. Tesco is a large business which means that a lot of corporation tax taken away from their profits. Corporation Tax is a tax on the taxable profits of limited companies and other organisations.
| Scope | The scope of this policy covers the purchasing and acquisition of resources by employees and contractors of Max Lionel Realty (MLR). | Resources | Specific procedures for the implementation of this policy are available below and on the company intranet. | Responsibility | Responsibility for the implementation of this policy rests with employees and management of Max Lionel Realty with responsibility for purchasing resources. | Relevant legislation etc. | * Privacy Act 1998 (Cwlth) * Estate Agents Act 1980 * Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) * Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cwlth) * Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) * A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Administration) Act 1999 (Cwlth) * A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cwlth) * Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cwlth) * Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwlth) * Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) | Updated/ authorised | 10/2012 – Riz Mehra, CFO | 14 Principles governing the Max Lionel Realty procurement
Section 1 – Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). Company name and place of work For example: Asda, Newgate lane Pay rate and hours worked for example: £6.80 p/h 20 hours p/w Holiday entitlement and sick leave Confidentiality and disciplinary procedures 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. Health and safety Data protection pay 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
In Australia’s economy, there are many domestic and global changes impacting aspects of our economy such as the exchange rate. The exchange rate is the price of an economies currency in relation to another currency. Australia’s currency is determined by the concept of market forces of supply and demand meaning changed in the domestic and global economy will impact the exchange rate dramatically. Domestic influences such as competitiveness of Australian industries and Reserve Bank of Australia intervention will assist in the determination of Australia’s exchange rate. Also international influences such as financial flows into Australia by foreign investors will directly adjust our exchange rates.
This letter serves to provide Mr. Lancaster with an overview of section 404 and other regulations that relate to the audit of internal controls as well as a synopsis of internal control risks that have and will be identified within Apollo Shoes Inc. This letter will also describe the responsibilities of our firm in regards to detecting and reporting fraud. In the SOX act, Section 404 suggests all publically traded organizations need to establish
Fleming, Aaron Labor History Essay The labor history of the United States describes the history of organized labor, as well as more general history of working people, in the United States. Pressures dictating the nature and power of organized labor have included the evolution and power of the corporation, efforts by employers and private agencies to limit or control unions, and U.S. labor law. As a response, organized unions and labor federations have competed, evolved, merged, and split against a backdrop of changing social philosophies and periodic federal intervention. As commentator E. J. Dionne has noted, the union movement has traditionally espoused a set of values—solidarity being
Labor Employment Chapters three and four discusses the political , industrial , social , and economics areas among other factors that contributed to the history of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Those chapters also explained the role played by each labor employment relations laws such as Wagner Act, Taft-Hartley , and Landrum-Griffin- and the importance in today’s law labor. It was not until I read the chapters that I realized the history behind today’s labor relations , the evolution of the labor laws to protect employees and the active role in todays society of NLRA. The History of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) The NLRA is the nation’s basic labor relations statute. The main purpose of this Act , commonly know as the