Critically evaluate the utility of the psychological contract for understanding the contemporary employment relationship. (2500 Words) Introduction Up until the 1990’s the psychological contract didn’t get a lot of research literature‚ whereas more recently it has become increasingly popular‚ and vast in both volume and critique. It is suggested that this blossoming of research is because of fundamental changes in the workplace‚ commonly referred to as the ‘new deal’ (Sparrow 1999). The traditional
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New York State actually had a law called the New York State Labor Law of 1886. “The New York City lawyer and philanthropist Elbridge T. Gerry…partnered with the eminent pediatrician Abraham Jacobi…to draft child labor legislation that clearly reflected the knowledge of the toxicity of the working environments and the vulnerability of the young child” (Perera‚ 2014). A lot of scientific study on the psychological and physical effects of child labor was taken into account
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offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration will not guarantee a legally enforceable contract”. Discuss. A contract is an agreement which normally consists of an ’offer ’ and an ’acceptance ’ and involves the ’meeting of the minds ’ or consensus between two or more parties with the intention to create a legally enforceable binding contract. Therefore in this essay‚ the four core elements needed for the formation of a contract such as offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration and intention to create legal relations
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levels. In the Pacific Island countries‚ five of the eight member States of the ILO have national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) legislations. They are Fiji‚ Papua New Guinea (PNG)‚ Samoa‚ Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The remaining three member States – Kiribati‚ Marshall Islands and Tuvalu‚ are in the process of drafting and/or finalising their legislations. In addition‚ Fiji‚ PNG and Solomon Islands are collaborating national centres for OSH with the ILO International Occupational Safety and
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On behalf of Rylem‚ I am pleased to offer you employment with our company. This letter sets forth the proposed terms of your employment with our company. 1. Employment Agency. As you know‚ we are a temporary employment agency. You will be paid only for hours worked when on an assignment at a Rylem client‚ as evidenced by a time card certified by us and our client. All timecards will require an approval unless otherwise agreed to by us or the client. A lack of approval may cause a delay in payroll
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In 1971‚ three coffee fanatics – Gerald Baldwin‚ Gordon Bowker and Ziev Siegel founded Starbucks in Seattle‚ Washington (Moon & Quelch‚ 2006). Howard Schultz‚ who is now the CEO‚ joined the marketing team. He made a trip to Italy and became obsessed with the idea of how people were drinking coffee in the cafes. A few years later Howard Schultz bought Starbucks from the three founders and started to expand the coffee brand. Starbucks is the leader in the coffee industry and is one of the most
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Terms The content of a contract are made up of terms (or ‘clauses’ as they are called in the case of written contracts) which may be express or implied. The express terms are the terms which the parties actually stipulated for themselves when making the contract‚ whether orally or in writing. In addition to the express terms‚ the courts sometimes‚ for a variety of reasons‚ imply certain terms into the contract. Implied terms are terms that are not expressly stated in the contract but are deemed to be
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manual handling operations and regulations‚ data protection act. 1.2 The main features of the current employment legislation are covered in three main things‚ Equalities and discrimination law and health and safety. 1.3 The reason why legislation relating to the employment exists is to help the rights of the employers and employees by giving rules and regulations that must be followed and you might need advice on your contract or it might be about your health and safety rights as in bullying‚ pay
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A Collateral contract A collateral contract is one where the parties to one contract enter into or promise to enter into another contract. Thus‚ the two contracts are connected and it maybe enforced even though it forms no constructive part of the original contract. According to Lord Denning MR in the case of Evans & Sons Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1078 a collateral contract is ‘When a person gives a promise‚ or an assurance to another‚ intending that he should act on it by entering
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A Feature Article – Bullied bullying bully Nowadays in our society‚ many people suffering in different kinds of bullying‚ for example: Cyberbullying‚ Disability bullying‚ Gay bullying‚ School bullying‚ Sexual bullying or even Workplace bullying etc. No matter how old are you‚ you may also have such kind of experience. Almost a third of teens either were bullies or were bullied‚ some of them even afraid to wake up to go to school. ” Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an
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