Directors’ duties in Australia are designed to promote good governance and ensure that directors act in the interests of the company – including putting the company’s interests ahead of their own (A Guide to Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities‚ 2008). In the case of OHS Solutions Pty. Ltd. in order to give advice it must first be known what are the duties and responsibilities of a director and officer. There are three sources of law in which directors’ duties are enforced: the common-law (judge
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The duty of care and the search for certainty: Sullivan v Moody‚ Cooper v Hobart‚ and problems in the South Pacific. Andrew Barker In this article‚ Andrew Barker‚ from the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago‚ considers two recent decisions on the duty of care in negligence: Sullivan v Moody‚ from the High Court of Australia‚ and Cooper v Hobart‚ from the Supreme Court of Canada. In these decisions‚ the two courts have re-evaluated their approach to the duty of care in negligence‚ and suggested
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* Oiler Duties and Responsibilities * * Primary duty of oiler; he must engage in work relating to engine maintenance‚ watch duty in port/sea w/ the other engine rating. * Responsibility for performance of his duty; he is responsible to the officer in charge in execution of his duties. * Engage in watch duty during navigation; assist for the observation and record temperature‚ pressure and operating condition of machineries in engine space. * Engage in duty while in port;
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Duty of care and mandatory reporting are two areas in child protection and juvenile justice that must be considered when working with young people as they could be your legal obligation. What is duty of care? Who do you owe duty of care too? What is mandatory reporting? When should you report a situation? Duty of care is giving reasonable care to individuals you work with‚ co-workers‚ and the general public to protect them from risks of harm that could happen. The measure of reasonable care depends
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recovering from the global economic crisis. A crisis that “layoff” employees of the different company. Mostly affected is the United States of America. Lay-Off means - When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees’ performance. This is usually because the company is facing financial difficulties. (1)This case study starts off with Morris Meyers who is the CFO and Lisa Warren who is the head of legal. They both realize that if Astrigo is to remain competitive‚ 10% of its workforce
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Kevin Chisaki LA 280 OL1 – Feature Story Final Draft July 30‚ 2013 Off the Grid Clocks never seem to move faster when I stare at them. Everyday this summer has felt like clockwork. I wake up‚ go to work for eight hours‚ go back home‚ do homework‚ go to sleep and the cycle restarts. Today‚ however‚ is different. July 24th‚ 2013 is the day my old high school friends and I decided to hang out together and catch up on things. Every summer we decide on one day to go out and do something together
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Narrative/Personal Experience The Day Off It was a nice‚ hot‚ and sunny day in Studio City. At the time I was living in LA with my girlfriend‚ Ally. It was about 9 in the morning‚ when I awoke to the smell of bacon and eggs. She and I rarely were able to coordinate the same days off of work; it just happened that we were both off that day. Happily waking up that morning‚ I got strait in the shower not realizing I was still half asleep and forgot a towel. Not wanting to disrupt my girlfriend’s focus
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Julia Johnson In today’s society‚ there are many trade-offs for technological advances. Different people may argue whether or not these trade-offs are for better or worse. It is my belief that today’s technological advances are for the common good and can result in immeasurable blessings. My cousin‚ Jennifer‚ has been married for over eighteen years. Her lifelong dream was to become a mother. After trying for years to conceive with no luck‚ Jennifer and her husband eventually turned to in
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The primary duties of the class president usually include working with students to resolve problems‚ and relay information to the class. This information includes questions‚ concerns‚ gripes‚ groans‚ bitches and injuries that need to be reported. The president also has the responsibility of leading class is also the main resource for all questions and knowledge that is not understood he/she acts as a mentor to the class itself. The term for a class president is from the time he/she is elected
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as therapists need to understand confidentiality‚ privileged information‚ and a therapists responsibility related to reporting suspected child abuse‚ elder abuse‚ and/or suicidal ideations‚ and possibly the most important of them all is a therapists duty to warn. The first case they were focusing on was the case related to a child that was presented in the ER and seen by Nurse Brown and now because she did not report any suspected child abuse she was charged with a crime. The statement that the character
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