EMPLOYMENT EQUITY Contents PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 INTRODUCTION 2 WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT EQUITY 3 HOW DOES IT WORK 3 - 4 WHAT IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 5 IMPLEMENATION OF AFFIRMITIVE & EMPLOYMENT EQUITY 6 - 7 OBSTACLES & CHALLENGES 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 CONCLUSION 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assignment deals with the Employment Equity Act of 19 October 1998. It covers the workings of the act in terms of equity
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employer/self-employed contractor. 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
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company can discharge employees without a reason. There must be a legal reason for the discharge. Now‚ there are exceptions to the employment at will doctrine. The exceptions are as follows: 1. Bad faith‚ malicious termination in violation of public policy‚ 2. Termination in breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. 3. Termination of an implied contract term 4. Violation of the promissory estoppel where the employee relied on the employers promise. There are other exceptions that are
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Running head: MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF TERMINATION Moral and Ethical Issues Involving Employment Terminations University of Phoenix MGT216 Moral and Ethical Issues Involving Employment Terminations When the decision is made to terminate an employee-employer relationship‚ the employer faces a far more daunting challenge than simply being able to terminate the employee‚ with or without due cause. Difficult steps must be taken to ensure that all precautions‚ legal and ethical‚ have been
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BANGLADESH: COUNTRY OVERVIEW Bangladesh is situated in southern Asia‚ on the delta of the 2 largest rivers on the Indian subcontinent—the Ganges and Jamuna (Brahmaputra). It borders with India in the west‚ north‚ and east‚ with Burma (also known as Myanmar) in the southeast‚ and with the Bay of Bengal in the south. The country’s area is 144‚000 square kilometers (55‚598 square miles)‚ and it is divided into 6 administrative divisions (Dhaka‚ Chittagong‚ Khulna‚ Barisal‚ Rajshai and Sylhet) and 4
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Running Head: EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE 1 Employment-At-Will Doctrine 04/22/2013 Running Head: EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE 2 Jennifer is a recent graduate and has been hired by my accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired Jennifer has engaged in a number of different behaviors that need the accounting manager’s attention. The first situation is that Jennifer
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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) all contracts of employment. Question 2 ‘There
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine Shannon S. Valentine Professor Boneita Campbell LEG 500: Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corporate Governance Strayer University July 22‚ 2012 Executive Summary The United States of America is known throughout the world as the land of opportunity and freedom. Most people would agree with this statement‚ however in some situations this “opportunity” and “freedom” is not what it seems‚ especially in the job market. There is the freedom to start your own business‚ (where you can’t
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Issue 1. Did ABC advertising discriminate against Jean on the basis of sex when they failed to promote her? 2. Did ABC discriminate against Jean because of her religious beliefs and practices? 3. Did ABC discriminate against Jean because of her national origin? Brief Answers 1. Ms.Riyadh has not proved enough evidence to conclude that ABC discriminated against her because of her sex. 2. Yes‚ Ms. Riyadh has some strong evidence that a reasonable jury might conclude that
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