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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How would you characterise employee representation in the UK workplace? To what extent do you agree with the argument that the UK is ‘lightly regulated’ in this regard? Introduction This paper seeks to analyse the characteristics of employee representation in the UK and concerns about is the UK ‘lightly regulated’ in regard of the employee representation. Employee representation can be known as the right of workers to seek a union or an individual to represent them to negotiate with their organizations
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contraction contract. For example Lump Sum Contracts‚ Unit Price Contracts‚ Cost Plus Contracts‚ Design and Build Contracts & Concession Contracts. Today Concession Contracts are gaining popularity in the Malaysian construction industry. What is Concession Contracts about? It can be define as a business operated under a contract or license associated with a degree of exclusivity in business within a certain geographical area. A project based on granting by a Principal‚ usually by a government to the Concessionaire
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Does majority rule take precedence over general will‚ or does general will take priority over majority rule? Should citizens be allowed to influence the decision-making processes of a nation? Which political system is best suited for the people of a nation? This paper examines the importance of decision making‚ as the process impacts all that live within its boundaries. If citizens were allowed to partake in the decision-making processes‚ the nation would follow along the footsteps of the political
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in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent” (p. 336)‚ this statement is written by E.E Schattschneider. This debate surrounds the extreme amount of power or influence business groups have on government. For most of us who pay attention to government issues‚ it is obvious that the business elites basically make all the decisions concerning society when they only count as the minority in our society. Their rules‚ laws‚ and ways of thinking are usually
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EMPLOYMENT LAW Introduction The aim of this Assessment is to demonstrate an understanding of employment regulation and how it is enforced. Other areas covered include; how to manage recruitment‚ manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully and how to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they at work. Finally it will cover managing performance and disciplinary matters lawfully. Activity 1 The purpose of Employment Law is to provide legal protection to employees and employers. Employment
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municipalities‚ a similar arrangement local governments established prior to the consolidation; it is important to understand the pro and cons of city-county consolidation as well as the motivations that influence the need for consolidated governments. Although metropolitan government can be achieved in a number of ways‚ reformers have traditionally sought to capture the benefits of regional governance through the consolidation of a county and one or more city governments (Feiock and Carr‚ 2000‚ p224). The
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subjected to the rule of the dynastic China. However‚ Britain gained the land of Hong Kong after defeating the Chinese army in the Opium Wars. Today‚ Hong Kong has a democratic government modeled very much after the British one. How did it get there? Why is it democratic? Why isn’t it included in the Chinese government? How did Britain come to play a part in a small country on the other side of the hemisphere? Ever since 1699‚ when the British East India Company made its first successful sea
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Determining Sample Size In the business world‚ sample sizes are determined prior to data collection to ensure that the confidence interval is narrow enough to be useful in making decisions. Determining the proper sample size is a complicated procedure‚ subject to the constraints of budget‚ time‚ and the amount of acceptable sampling error. If you want to estimate the mean dollar amount of the sales invoices‚ you must determine in advance how large a sampling error to allow in estimating the population
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1. Shipment or delivery The obligation of Seller to ship or deliver the goods specified on the face of this Contract (“Goods”) by the time or within the period specified on the face of this Contract shall be subject to the availability of the vessel or the vessel’s space. If‚ under the terms of this Contract‚ Buyer is to secure or arrange for the vessel or vessel’s space‚ Buyer shall secure or arrange for the necessary vessel or vessel’s space on berth terms basis and give Seller shipping
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