Employment-at-Will Eric Tompkins Prof. James Vricos LEG500 - Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corp. Governance 24 January 2013 Strayer University As a manager and supervisor of an accounting division‚ examine the following issues in relation to the employment-at-will doctrine and responsibility of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s conduct and actions. Jennifer‚ a recent graduate‚ has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon
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Introduction: The question of whether contract law can absorb technological change without the need for distinctive guidelines‚ presuppositions or similar rules is highly dependent on the effects of the amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (NSW) (“ETA”). The impact of the ETA on traditional common law principles varies depending on the level of certainty and predictability available in the circumstances and how the law applies. The suitable amount of consistency is likely to vary
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Summary of Argument Employment relations legislation has undergone a number of significant transformations over the past decade due to changing government (Loudoun‚ McPhail‚ & Wilkinson‚ 2009).While the original legislation passed had increased managerial prerogative and reduced employee’s rights‚ the most recent changes have endeavoured to restore the balance of power (O ’Neill & O ’Neill‚ 2010). Industrial relations plays a vast part in determining managerial influence; and Union ability to collectively
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in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent” (p. 336)‚ this statement is written by E.E Schattschneider. This debate surrounds the extreme amount of power or influence business groups have on government. For most of us who pay attention to government issues‚ it is obvious that the business elites basically make all the decisions concerning society when they only count as the minority in our society. Their rules‚ laws‚ and ways of thinking are usually
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EMPLOYMENT ISSUES The Workplace Types of Employment Employee – Someone who works for another or for an organisation and is paid with a wage or salary Employer – A person who organisation who hires others (employees) to work for them and pays them Self-employed – Those who operate their own business and sell goods or provide services Casual Employment – When an employee works irregularly for an indefinite period of time and is paid on an hourly basis Part-time Employment – When an employee
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• Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine and evaluate each of the eight (8) scenarios described by determining: The employment-at-will doctrine states that an employee can be fired or released from a company for cause or no cause at all. The employee also has the right to quit a job for any reason. Under this legislation‚ neither the employer or employee incurs “adverse legal consequences” (NCSL‚ 2014). There are three exceptions that are observed by the law to include a dismissal that “violates
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Gm591 Walmart -Project Paper Improving Wal-Mart’s Employee Relations GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 20‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION The Organization that we selected as our topic of discussion in our Project Paper is the Wal-Mart Corporation. Sam Walton is the founder of Wal-Mart. He opened his first store called Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers‚ Arkansas in July of 1962. Their corporate office is currently located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. incorporated its stores
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developing and over populated country like ours‚ it is essential to understand and utilize the tremendous potential that lay in our human resource. The youth‚ therefore‚ is the determining factor of the quality of this potential. Poverty‚ unemployment‚ illiteracy and overpopulation have plagued India for ages now. We shall discuss a segment of one of these evils – unemployment of the youth. Before a more detailed study it is important to point out that youth unemployment is a challenge for almost all
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Q&A 2 Certainty of terms and intention Introduction Contractual certainty If businessmen are often not overly-concerned with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to
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1.1 Almost every aspect of employment is covered by one or more laws‚ including: Handling and storage of information Equal opportunities Grievance procedures Health and safety Holiday entitlements Maternity/paternity pay Minimum wage Sickness absence and pay Working time limits Redundancy and retirement 1.2 Employment rights Equality and discrimination Health and Safety Data Protection 1.3 Legislation in relation to employment was created in order to prevent employers from abusing or
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