Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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Staff Retention Policy Contents 1. Introduction 2. Purpose and Aims 3. Scope What Motivates 4. Induction 5. Flexible Working 6. Acting Act/Career Progression 7. Supervisions & Appraisals 8. Communication 9. Exit Interviews 10. Staff Development & Continuous Professional Development 11. Staff Benefits 1. Introduction The retention policy is to ensure that all procedures and benefits relating to this policy are carried out and to maintain a workforce that is valued for their skills and/or experience
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Rechtsgeleerdheid Anglo-American Contract and Tort law Interpretation of contracts ‘’ To what extend does the interpretation of Dutch contracts differ from English contracts. ’’ Naam: A.N.Y. van der Looij Studentnummer: 5610303 Begeleider: Professor H. Beale Amsterdam‚ 14th of June 2013 Table of contents Chapter 1 Preface 3 1.1 Neccessity of interpretation 3 1.2 ‘’Objective’’ and ‘’Subjective’’ interpretation 3 1.3 Unambiguous clauses 4 1.4 Priliminary negotiations
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TYPES OF CONTRACTS The risk shared between the buyer and seller is determined by the contract type. Although the firm-fixedprice type of contractual arrangement is typically the preferred type which is encouraged and often demanded by most organizations‚ there are times when another contract form may be in the best interests of the project. If a contract type other than fixed-price is intended‚ it is incumbent on the project team to justify its use. The type of contract to be used and the specific
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teacher education and preventing rise of sub standard teacher education institutions. The National Policy on Education (NPE)‚ 1986 and the programme of action there under‚ envisaged a national council with teacher education with statutory status and necessary resources as first step for overhauling the system of teacher education. The National Council for Teacher Education as a statutory body came into existence in pursuance of the National Council for Teacher Education Act‚ 1993 (No. 73 of 1993) on August
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Illegal Contractual Terms and Restraints of Trade in Contracts When dealing with contract law‚ many problems can arise. There can be illegal terms in the contract or it can just be void. There are restraints on trade which include limiting employees from competing against their employers post employment and so on. Throughout this essay‚ these restrictions will be analyzed. The difference between illegalities‚ voids and restraints will be presented‚ along with cases to provide examples.
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The novel "A Not Entirely Benign Procedure... Four Years As A Medical Student" was written by Perri Klass. Perri Klass wrote the book in order to allow readers to understand how doctors are really trained from the perspective of a woman. Throughout the novel‚ Perri Klass described how she handled the pre-clinical years‚ clinical years‚ and hospital ethics and hierarchy during her four years in medical school. I for one enjoyed the novel‚ even though Perri Klass described her training from a woman’s
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elections‚ company mergers‚ etc. All of these things make people look at the world in a different light. Even though people want to believe that this information is completely accurate‚ it is mostly biased or one sided‚ just like religion. With this being said one of the main factors in government that causes so much conflict and collision is religion. This is because religion is a worldwide phenomenon that can lead to both conflict and peace‚ depending on the way one looks upon it. Although in some
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Are computers necessary? Computers have been around for many years and it has become difficult to imagine life without them. They are present almost everywhere we go - at the supermarket‚ at the bank‚ at home‚ in the car. Computers are more efficient than we humans are‚ at least when it comes to calculations and related topics - as the name computer implies (to compute - to calculate). The question is‚ however - could we do without computers? Are computers really necessary‚ or do we just use them
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R ESEARCH Recruitment and Retention of Academic Staff in Higher Education Hilary Metcalf‚ Heather Rolfe‚ Philip Stevens and Martin Weale National Institute of Economic and Social Research Research Report RR658 Research Report No 658 Recruitment and Retention of Academic Staff in Higher Education Hilary Metcalf‚ Heather Rolfe‚ Philip Stevens and Martin Weale National Institute of Economic and Social Research The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect
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