Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977 – 2007 1. What workers are excluded from the protection of the Unfair Dismissals Acts? • Employees with less than one year’s continuous service‚ but this does not apply when the dismissal results from pregnancy or trade union activities – dismissal for such reasons is indefensible • Employees who have reached normal retiring age • Close relatives of the employer‚ employed and living at the employer’s residence or farm • Members of the Defence Forces or Gardai
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Student Rights in Academic Dismissal In 1787‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote “Above all things‚ I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty” (Tanner & Tanner‚ 1995‚ p. 4). Jefferson theorized that indifference to education puts liberty and self-governance in peril. Education could provide each individual the opportunity to gain knowledge in order to promote self-governing
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Who is covered by unfair dismissal laws? Employees who are earning up to $123‚300 excluding superannuation and incentive bonuses or payments (indexed for CPI each year) are covered by unfair dismissal laws. In addition‚ employees who are covered by awards or enterprise agreements made under the FW Act or its predecessor‚ irrespective of their earnings‚ will be covered by the unfair dismissal laws. This is the case except for: • Certain casual employees • Employees who were dismissed during their
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The Malaysia Law is mainly based on the common law legal system. Law protects basic individual rights and freedom such as liberty‚equality and freedom of speech. It prevents individuals in powerful position from taking an unfair advantage of other people. Law ensures a safe and peaceful society‚ in which individual rights are preserved. Certain governments have cruel laws‚ where police and armies arrests and punishes people without a trial in the court. Law applies to every persons‚ public authorities
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Employment Law 1 Employment Law Employment Law 2 Employment Law Explain the constitutional basis for the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) with reference to the Australian Constitution and discuss the relationship with Australian common law‚ with reference to the National Employment Standards. The Fair Work Act‚ 2009 is a labour welfare legislation aimed at improving the relations between employees and employers so that productive workplace relations can be formulated which would further help in
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A contract of employment is a category of contract used in labour law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. On the one end stands an "employee" who is "employed" by an "employer". It has arisen out of the old master-servant law‚ used before the 20th century. Put generally‚ the contract of employment denotes a relationship of economic dependence and social subordination. In the words of the influential labour lawyer Sir Otto Kahn-Freund‚ "The relation between an employer
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Social Security benefits; Health and Safety provisions; Benefit of employer’s duty of care; Certain statutory rights: Notice periods – s.86 ERA 1996; Sick pay/holiday pay; Redundancy pay Unfair dismissal Employment contracts contain implied terms; Tax and NI reasons; Question 2 – Four Tests Common Law tests: – Control Integration (Organisational) Mutual Obligation Multiple/Economic reality Question 3 – Advice of the Court of Apeal in Hall v Lorimer No decisive factor for determining
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EMPLOYMENT LAW Introduction The aim of this Assessment is to demonstrate an understanding of employment regulation and how it is enforced. Other areas covered include; how to manage recruitment‚ manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully and how to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they at work. Finally it will cover managing performance and disciplinary matters lawfully. Activity 1 The purpose of Employment Law is to provide legal protection to employees and employers. Employment
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(Hons) Law Mode: Full-time Level: Three Unit: Employment Law Date: 22 May 2009 Time: 14:00 Length: One hour and thirty minutes (no reading time) Instructions to Candidates Part A-Answer ONE question Question 1 Explain‚ with reference to case law and statute‚ the extent to which the law is willing to imply terms into: (a) individual contracts of employment; (b)
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offered for the intervention of unfair dismissal law in the employer ’s ability to manage its own business: redressing the imbalance in bargaining power between employers and employees; protecting a property right that employees have‚ or ought to have‚ in their jobs; and protecting the dignity and autonomy of employees. The protection of these values is far from absolute‚ and in many cases economic efficiency and managerial discretion take precedence‚ but unfair dismissal law demonstrates society ’s recognition
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