What is the definition of a contract? An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. Describe the various types of contracts. 1) Bilateral and Unilateral 2) Express and Implied 3) Executory and Executed What elements does a contract need to be enforceable? 1) Agreement 2) Legality 3) Consideration 4) Capacity What elements would constitute a discharge of a contract? 1) Material breach 2) Minor breach 3) Anticipatory breach
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Labor Laws and Unions MGT531 March 12‚ 2012 Labor Laws and Unions The assignment of the paper is to choose an organization‚ which is unionized and recognize some of the compliance and process of the organization. Therefore‚ the name of the organization is Starbucks‚ which is specialized in coffee‚ tea‚ and spices. The process of this paper will focus on the unionization of Starbucks such as growth‚ legal issues with federal and state laws in running a union‚ and possibility of any
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international markets. High tariffs and taxes have a negative impact of foreign transaction. The company also faced legal challenges as the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) filed numerous charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in claiming that Caterpillar had unfair labor practices. Economic. Unfavorable currency exchange rates were one of the leading causes of Caterpillar’s loses during 1982-1984. The steep rise in the value of the dollar (relative to Yen and other currencies) made
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industry. Fuel prices have probably the largest effect on the trucking companies because fuel makes up for approximately 25% of the operating costs for an average truck fleet. This is the second largest cost to a trucking company next to the cost of labor. There are a couple things that they can do to help offset the cost of fuel. They can implement Fuel Surcharges that can help make up for some of the lost revenue. Depending on the size of the company they could also purchase large quantities of fuel
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Labor Relations September 25‚ 2012 Reaction Paper: Made in Dagenham Film In the film that we’ve watched entitled Made in Dagenham‚ we have seen how powerful strikes can be. It is done so that the rights of the workers will be upheld‚ and that‚ only upon compliance of the Legal Requirements may it be declared a valid strike. Many are the reasons why workers would engage in such an activity‚ one of which was the discrimination of gender which the film presented. We have also
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References: Holley‚ W.‚ Jennings‚ K.‚ & Wolters‚ R. (2012). The Labor Relations Process (10th ed). Mason‚ OH: Cengage Learning.
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What challenges do you see with interpreting labor and employment laws and court decisions? There are a lot of grey areas in interpreting labor and employment laws. No one case can exactly apply to another. The must rely on precedents but be able to adapt them. For example the three part test (mentioned below) can be adapted to almost any case involving supervisory status. Case Study 3.1 1. Drake and Keeler could argue that they were engaged in a concerted and lawful act. This means two
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12/11/2011 Week 7: Textbook Case Study "Save Money. Live Better" – Walmart and Unions Interpret the Slogan Differently 1. I honestly feel that there is way more disadvantages than advantages with Wal-Mart working with a union. Union women and men are more likely than nonunion workers to have health and pension benefits‚ and to receive paid holidays and vacations‚ and life and disability insurance. In the Wal-Mart case‚ I find this hard to believe. I think that Wal-Mart‚ being the large company
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that have been severely disciplined or terminated due to their activities on social media websites have been retaliating by use of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. This law provides employees that work in private-sectors the right to voice their opinion in regards to employment conditions‚ such as pay and safety. The National Labor Relations Board is the organization that has the final say when determining whether or not an employee has a valid complaint. If the employee’s complaint is
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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)‚ in 1992 changed how nonunion employees and managers could gather and organize employee committees with the case Electromation‚ Inc. vs NLRB. With this act organizations must be careful with creating employee committees that could otherwise be deemed unlawful. They must avoid allowing any of the management team to direct or influence the work of the committee‚ as well as members of the committee are not allowed to give the impression that they represent the views
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