Darla Thompson Business Law 107 Agency and Employment Exam 1. This fact pattern revolves around the termination of an agency. The duration of an agency is usually stated in the parties’ agreement. In general‚ either party may terminate an agency at any time for any reason; however if the terminating party is in violation of the contract terms‚ they may be liable for damages. In this case‚ Barnes was designated as a special agent‚ authorized to make decisions in the management of one specific
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Employment Law Outline General Theme for Regulating/Not Regulating: Structure of Legal Responses to Problem 1. Economic Rational a. Inefficient for government to intervene b. People best at knowing what they want (rational beings) 2. In balance of information between employer/employee (safety) 3. Power inbalances a. Employees may have no other options (captive) b. Employers have more power in general 4. People are irrational‚ don’t know what is best for them 5. Social cost to society from “rational”
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“Employment Discrimination in 2014” Employment discrimination law in the United States derives from the common law‚ and a collection of state and federal laws‚ particularly the Civil Rights Act 1964‚ as well as by ordinances of counties and municipalities. Discriminating against another because of a specific characteristic is illegal. You would think that in this day and time discrimination was a thing of the past. You would actually be surprised to know that it exists now just as much as before
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Employment Law Midterm 1. DePeters‚ Co. is sued for sex discrimination on the grounds that too few women are hired because fewer women than men achieve passing scores on a required manual dexterity and physical strength test. DePeters‚ Co. offers in its defense that even though fewer women score high enough on the test‚ a greater percentage of the passing women are hired. The company maintains that‚ as a result‚ the percentage of women in the workforce mirrors the percentage of available women
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Employment of Foreign Workers (Amendment) Bill‚ 2nd Reading Speech by Dr Ng Eng Hen‚ Minister for Manpower‚ 22 May 2007 Print This Page Email This Page Mr Speaker‚ Sir‚ I beg to move “That the Bill be read a second time.” Rationale 2. Singapore today enjoys strong economic growth accompanied by plentiful new jobs - an all-time high of 176‚000 in 2006‚ of which 90‚900 went to locals. The economic prospects continue to look promising. We have a strong investment pipeline with a
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essay I would be talking about the various policies and issues in Singapore and how the various approaches of social justice‚ economic rationalism and civil libertarianism and equal employment opportunity make Singapore’s industrial relations equitable The approaches to equitability Civil libertarianism and Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is a strain of political thought that emphasizes individual rights and personal freedom over authority. This means that if employees feel that they are unfairly
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN FDI IN RETAIL ABSTRACT Retail is currently the booming sector of the Indian economy. This trend is expected to continue uninterrupted for at least the next two-three decades‚ attracting huge attention from all quarters of the economy -entrepreneurs‚ business heads‚ investors as well as real estate owners and builders-. Retail sector is also expected to create huge employment as it will expand across the country at a massive scale. The reasons for this expansion of
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The following paragraphs provide more detailed information of some common employment traps. Trap 1: Pyramid Selling Schemes Be cautious about sales jobs offering handsome pay or generous commissions. Some marketing companies or companies of direct sales place recruitment advertisements and persistently persuade applicants during job interviews to buy their goods in order to join the sales business. Job seekers may be persuaded to get an overdraft or a loan from financial institutions. Some may even
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needs ad employee needs thus many organisation and countries have brought in changes to their system and they have revamped the employment relations according to the changes. The employment relations were initially started as an experimental option in many firms and during the course of time and after which alternate strategies were adopted according to Ananya (2008). Employment relation is more of a platform where the needs of employees and the expectations of employers can be balanced out and it is
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Casual Employment Introduction Election promises from Labor and liberals 2004 2004 is an election year in Australia and one of the issues that the parties have diverse election promises on is to which extent employers should be authorized to use casual workers‚ and what rights the casual workforce should be entitled to. Casual workers play a central part in the Australian labor market as it is the fastest growing form of employment. Next to Spain‚ Australia has the second largest casual
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