ERR 201 1.1Aspects of employment covered by law. Minimum wage Working hours(WTD- Working time directive) Discrimination Health and safety Holiday entitlements Maternity leave Redundancy and Dismissal Disciplinary procedures Disability Act Manual Handling Operations and Regulations Data Protection Act RIDDOR 1995 1.2 Legislation on above points. National Minimum wage act 1998: The national minimum wage is the minimum pay per hour almost all workers are entitled to by law. The minimum wage rate
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Contract Law Notes Contracts ‘A’ Offer Bilateral contracts Unilateral contracts Offers to the public at large What is an offer? Mere puff Supply of information Invitation to treat Categorizing transactions Advertisements a) Advertisements in a catalogue or a curricular b) Advertisements in newspapers or magazines c) Advertisements appearing on the internet d) Display of goods Auctions a) Advertisement of auction b) Auctions with reserves c) Auctions without a reserve Tendering
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The Contract Law Bible Hey Guys. I worked really hard on this on the run up to the June exam last year. I found it really useful and so did the people in my class. Please feel free to pass this on to your friends who are studying contract law‚ but please don’t pass it off as your own‚ or make any money from the reproduction of this. Thanks =) Lucy Rimington © Offer and Acceptance Offer - A proposal to enter into an agreement with another person. An offer must express the intent of the person
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Agency Theory Agency theory is widely used in different companies‚ businesses and organizations Agency Theory is basically about the association between the boss‚ which is the Principal‚ and the worker‚ which is the Agent. A good example for an application of the Agency Theory would be sharecropping‚ where the Principal is the landowner and the Agent is the farmer. Another example for the Agency Theory in a more familiar organizational structure would be the relationship between a company’s shareholders
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A contract -is a legal agreement that occurs between two or more parties. It can be a written or spoken agreement that can concern employment‚ sales‚ or tenancy. Parties or members involved‚ enter voluntarily into this agreement. Every contracts involve two persons they are the: Offeror and Offeree. The offeror is the one who offers to enter into a contract and the Offeree is the one to whom the contract is being offered Elements of a contract: Agreement‚ Lawful object‚ consideration and contractual
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Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Paper Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Paper Business owners know that high ligation costs and lengthy delays make it difficult and expensive to resolve business disputes in court. Alternative dispute resolutions are superior solutions for resolving business disputes and are normally settled before trial‚ which saves significant time and money. Alternative dispute resolution can be achieved by several approaches‚ which may include negotiation
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Matthew Smith Agency Relationship Agency relationship is a consensual relationship between two parties‚ where one party‚ the principal‚ gives authority to another party‚ the agent‚ to act on behalf of and under the control of the principal to deal with a third party‚ thereby creating a fiduciary relationship. The law of agency allows one person to employ another to do his/her work‚ sell his/her goods‚ and acquire property on his/her own behalf. Although a principal-agent relationship can be
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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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contract law agreement: objective test of intention to agree offer must be matched by other’s acceptance requirement of certainty of agreement parties have intention to create legal relations enforce promise: consideration promise is contained in a deed promissory estoppel (claimant has relied on defendant’s promise) reliance theory: consistent with the harm principle (prevent harm on others) restitution interest
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PAPER – CONTRACT 1 Define contract. Explain the essentials of valid contract. A voluntary‚ deliberate‚ and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. Contracts are usually written but may be spoken or implied‚ and generally have to do with employment‚ sale or lease‚ or tenancy. 1. Essentials of a valid contract All agreements are not contracts. Only that agreements which is enforceable at law is a contract. An agreement which is enforceable at law cannot be contract. Thus
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