trade is a legal device to attempt to hold the balance between two competing factors - an employee’s freedom to take employment as and when he wishes‚ and an employer’s interest in preserving certain aspects of his business. Both factors are important‚ and indeed the law will protect the employer if necessary by the implication of the term fidelity in the contract of employment thereby restraining the employee inter alia from divulging confidential information. However‚ the employer may wish
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The Ethics Of The At-Will Employment Doctrine There are two types of employment practices in the United States‚ at-will and just cause. An at-will employee can be terminated at any time‚ for any reason‚ within the scope of law. Just cause employees can only be dismissed in good faith and with good reason. At-will employment is standard in many corporations across the United States. Although it is legal‚ the practice raises some ethical concerns. The at-will doctrine provides employees little
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Employment Responsibilities and Rights Outcome 1: 1. Some of the main aspects covered by law in employment: * Equal Payment 1970 * Race Relations Act 1976 * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Employment Rights Act 1995 * Human Rights Act 1998 * National Minimum Wage 1998 * Employment and Equality Act 2010 2. Main features of current employment legislation The Health and Safety at Work Act requires a safe working environment for everyone in the work setting. There is usually a Health
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Nestlé - The Employment Relationship TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 What is the employment relationship? 3 The importance of the employment relationship 4 Changes affecting the employment relationship 4.1 HRM vs. IR (Pluralist vs. Unitarist) 4.2 Globalization 4.3 Advances in Technology 4.4 Diverse Workforce 4.5 Restructuring and the Decline of manufacturing 4.6 Trade unions decline and marginalization 4.7
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Employment and Small Business Small business‚ big business‚ in today’s business world‚ it is all business. Small businesses and big businesses must compete with each other on the global front‚ employment practices‚ benefits‚ and services. Small businesses must be able to operate their business very much like a larger business. Employers today find that hiring and retaining employees is their biggest challenge. Researchers have found that 81% of small to medium sized businesses find this process
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Employment Discrimination Issues LAW/531 July 11‚ 2011 Employment Discrimination Issues According to Cheeseman‚ 2010‚ “prior to the passage of major federal antidiscrimination laws in the 1960’s‚ much discrimination in employment existed in this country. In the 1960’s congress enacted several major statutes that outlawed employment discrimination against members of certain classes. These federal laws were instrumental to providing equal opportunity in employment in this country
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HRMT215-1302A-02: Management of Human Resources April 15‚ 2013 The responsibility of the EEOC‚ which is Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is to enforce the law‚ rules‚ and regulations in relation to equity in the workplace. In this paper‚ I am a human resource professional‚ and I am preparing to train the line supervisors on their responsibility to make sure that they are staying within the law and regulations of the EEOC. When hiring for job positions or firing employees for things that they are
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Lecture 10 1 DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT There have always been certain groups in society that are discriminated against due to prejudices and preconceptions of the people with whom they have to deal. The preconceptions are sometimes verbal but often not‚ and the people holding these preconceptions may well be unaware of the way that they see and judge things and people. The effects of these can be seen in the employment arena. Definition Equal opportunities is an approach to the
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the workers in the industry (Singh & Kumar‚ 2011: 3). According to Weeratunga (2003:5) "Industrial Relations or Labor Relations‚ the terms used interchangeably‚ can be viewed as the interaction between the various interested parties involved in employment. The employer and the employee are obvious parties. The state‚ in ensuring a level playing field for both sides‚ provides the legal framework within which such relations may take place". In industrial relations‚ workers are generally represented
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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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