Re: Applicable Employment Laws for Landslide Limousines Dear Mr. Stonefield‚ As per our conversation‚ I understand that you want to start a Limousine Service with 25 employees on your first year of business. During my research I found that there are applicable laws for the State of Texas. There are 5 specific laws that needs to be address in order to having a successful business. In this memo we will provide your company a brief description of the employment laws that should be implemented
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What Is the Current Status of Minorities in Business Organizations? To find the current status of minorities in business organizations I first had to define minorities. I found minorities to be best described as a person who is a citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is either one or a combination of: African American‚ Alaskan Native and/or American Indian‚ Asian American‚ Hispanic or Women. Statistics showed growth in the number of minorities in corporate management
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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN ACADEMIC YEAR 2005/2006 DECEMBER EXAMINATION UBML1053 BUSINESS LAW THURSDAY‚ 15 DECEMBER 2005 TIME: 2.00PM – 4.00PM (2 HOURS) BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (HONS) ACCOUNTING YEAR ONE Instructions to Candidates: Section A : [Total: 40 marks] 1. This section consist of ONE (1) compulsory question 2. Answer ALL the sub-questions. Section B : [Total: 60 marks] 3. This section consists of THREE (3) questions. 4. Answer only TWO (2) questions. 5. No marks will be given for any extra
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Business Law – Complete Notes from Benjamin Wolfson Class taken Spring 2008 Quiz questions at end of document What is Law: Law is a set of rules for the peaceful resolution of disputes. (*better/more useful than book definition) It is impossible to set up a system that always resolves conflict. -The phrase “law exists to protect our rights” is incorrect‚ because law gives us our rights. Without the law‚ we would not have them. [ryan] we always want disputes resolved peacefully.
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Business Law II Exam I Review ____ 1. As part of a loan to pay for improvements to her restaurant‚ Courtney executes a negotiable instrument in favor of Tim. They are the only parties to the instrument. A negotiable instrument that has only two parties is The promissory note is the simplest form of commercial paper; it is simply a promise to pay money. A promissory note is a two-party instrument in which one person(known as the maker) makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay
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profit. Canny Gabrial Castle v Volume Sales(p200): Canny Gabrial argued that the 2 companies were joint ventures Decision: Agreement was partnership Polkinghorne v Holland(p205): Was the giving of financial advice outside the ordinary business of the law firm‚ such that the partners would be jointly liable Decision: Held that the firm was liable for the actions of hollan’s son Lec 5 Chap 13 Balfour v Balfour(256): At the time of the agreement‚ did the parties intend the arrangement
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contract who is of age of majority according to law to which he is subject‚ and who is of sound mind‚ and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.” It means that the following three categories of persons are not competent to contract. 1. A person who has not attained the age of majority‚ i.e.‚ one who is minor. 2. A person who is of unsound mind 3. A person who has been disqualified from contracting by some law. Although the above mentioned categories of
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Applied Business Law – 27 Individual Work 1 Jessica Gaskins You are an employee at a nice paper mill and want to impress the boss by burning the midnight oil (but not too close to the wood pulp). For four consecutive weeks‚ you work forty-five‚ forty-two‚ thirty-nine‚ and thirty-one hours. If you are a nonexempt employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ how many hours of overtime pay‚ if any‚ would you be entitled to? What would be the rate? The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is
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CONTRACT LAW INTRODUCTION The Law of Contract governs the relationship between individuals in a wide range of circumstances. Everyday actions often involve making contracts and therefore the law has simple foundations. Contract law covers everything from simple shopping to large commercial deals and case law is wide in the matters that it covers also. Contracts are made by ordinary people in everyday situations many times a day e.g. buying a magazine‚ shopping‚ parking the car etc. Usually
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Steven Westgate BUS345.01 Business Law I Chapters 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ and 18 Professor Sappington November 3‚ 2003 1) This would indeed be a contract called an implied-in-fact contract. This is a contract that is implied from the conduct of the parties. Unlike other contracts‚ the contract was created through the conduct of the parties‚ not through words. This is what Miller and McCleskey have done. The parties both agreed through their
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