Employers liability Cases Walker v Northumberland County Council (1995) This case is notable as one of the first successful claims for work-related stress. Mr Walker was employed by Northumberland County Council as a senior social worker. At the time of the case‚ he had worked for the authority for 17 years‚ dealing mainly with cases of child abuse. In the 1980s‚ his workload gradually increased to such an extent that in 1986 he suffered a nervous breakdown. This was diagnosed by his GP who recommended
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discuss. In Contracts‚ What is "Consideration"? In order for any contract to be enforceable‚ courts generally require three things: mutual assent (agreement to the contract terms)‚ a valid offer and acceptance‚ and consideration. Consideration in law is one of the three main building blocks of a contract. It can be anything of value‚ which each party to a legally binding contract must agree to exchange if the contract is to be valid. If only one party offers consideration in contract‚ the agreement
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Student Name: Karina Francis Student Number: Center Number: 100121 School: Titchfield High School Territory: Jamaica Date Submitted: January 23‚ 2012 Teacher: Mrs. P. Thompson – Flemmings Topic: An investigation of the effectiveness of the auditing procedures used in the accounting office at the Portland Parish Council. Name Page Acknowledgement 1 Title
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OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Assessment 1 Outcome 3 Katarzyna Majewska Methods of communication with customers Their might be many methods used by companies to communicate with the customer‚ like for example: Email Electronic mail‚ sometimes called email‚ is a computer based method of sending messages from one computer user to another. These messages usually consist of individual pieces of text which you can send to another computer user even if the other user is not logged in. The message can then
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Rights of Medication Administration Health care providers are responsible for ensuring patient safety and quality of care at all times. Nurses play a vital role in provision of patient care. Many of the tasks of nursing carry some degree of risk‚ with medication administration having one of the greatest risk factors. Serious errors may occur in approximately 2 per 1‚000 prescriptions (Lesar et al‚ 1990). The rate of adverse drug events are estimated at approximately 1%‚ with 12% to 30% of them
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On behalf of Rylem‚ I am pleased to offer you employment with our company. This letter sets forth the proposed terms of your employment with our company. 1. Employment Agency. As you know‚ we are a temporary employment agency. You will be paid only for hours worked when on an assignment at a Rylem client‚ as evidenced by a time card certified by us and our client. All timecards will require an approval unless otherwise agreed to by us or the client. A lack of approval may cause a delay in payroll
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Rejection of Relative Claims and Acceptance of Objectivism Curtlers reasons for rejecting ethical relativism and subjectivism are many. However‚ before I discuss these reasons it is important to note that there are several forms of arguments. One being cultural relativism that makes statements based on an individuals culture. Another form that is closely related to relativism is subjectivism. Subjectivists make statements based on their individual beliefs as well as accounting for context. Subjectivists
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These claims can be judged‚ categorized‚ or valued. Although we can figure out how humans work using descriptive claims‚ the attempt to answer the central question of what makes a good life requires the use of normative claims. Any type of judgment makes a claim normative‚ even if only a single word such as “good” is expressed in the claim. This type of claim is not only used in ethics. For example‚ a marketing team uses normative claims by comparing past mistakes and achievements
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CHAPTER 11 NATURE AND CLASSES OF CONTRACTS CHAPTER OUTLINE A. NATURE OF CONTRACTS 1. DEFINITION OF A CONTRACT general rule. A contract is a legally binding agreement. Stated another way‚ "a contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy‚ or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty." (Restatement‚ Contracts‚ 2d) study hint. The essence of a contract is that (1) by mutual agreement (2) parties create obligations
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Informative Essay: All About Small Claims Courts Small Claims courts are a crucial aspect of the Canadian Legal system that could even be relevant to you one day. Small Claims courts are were created to try and give the average Joe a cheap‚ simple way to settle any type of arguments involving property or finances‚ without necessarily having to know a whole lot about law. You do not need to know many legal terms and the case usually consists of you telling your story for the judge to make
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