Employment Law: Employment Rights Essay Semester II Assignment Alan O’ Mahony – 09684905 Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the relevant provisions of the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2011 (and their predecessors) in eliminating pay discrimination on the ground of gender within the workplace and thus reducing the gender pay gap. __________________________________________________________________________ Traditionally gender discrimination was rife and accepted in most aspects of society
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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aspects of employment covered by law: Minimum wage Hours worked Discrimination Health and safety Holiday entitlements Redundancy and dismissal Training Disciplinary procedures Union rights and consultation Maternity leave 1.2 Below is a list of the main features of current employment legislation Employment Act 1996 Equalities and Discrimination laws Employment Act 2008 Health and safety legislation at work Act 1974 1.3 Why do legislation relating to employment exists?
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Appearance discrimination in employment: Legal and ethical implications of “lookism” and “lookphobia” [pic] http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=2040-7149&volume=32&issue=1&articleid=17077304&show=html Downloads: The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 1519 times since 2013 DOI (Permanent URL): 10.1108/02610151311305632 [pic] Abstract [pic] View PDF (200kb) [pic] Print View References • References (67) Citations • CrossRef (1) Further reading
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Employment Responsibilities and Rights Outcome 1: 1. Some of the main aspects covered by law in employment: * Equal Payment 1970 * Race Relations Act 1976 * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Employment Rights Act 1995 * Human Rights Act 1998 * National Minimum Wage 1998 * Employment and Equality Act 2010 2. Main features of current employment legislation The Health and Safety at Work Act requires a safe working environment for everyone in the work setting. There is usually a Health
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MSc. International Business and Human Resource Management Managing Employment Relations (HRMG5057) Individual Essay Assignment Submitted To: Peter Butler Submitted By: Karan Sharma (P13202579) Word Count: 2576 words Date: May 7TH‚ 2014 Flexibility is about an employer and a worker making changes to when‚ where and how an individual works to meet the business and individual needs. Flexibility empowers both the business and the individual needs to be met through
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invisible frontier of control‚ it would be analysed in terms of its impact on unions and employers in industrial conflict. The paper will mainly focus on the Workplace Relations Act 1996. This Act would be used to explain the effects it had on the shift of control using relevant case study examples. This paper is divided into four parts‚ explanation of conflict in the workplace‚ the invisible frontier of control‚ and the impact of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 with case study examples. Introduction
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Regulatory Agency Michelle Grubb HCS430 June 3‚ 2013 C. Darnell Stroble‚ Esq. Regulatory Agency The role and responsibility of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‚ most importantly‚ is to uphold the laws dictated by the government concerning products that include drugs‚ medical products‚ food‚ and non-health related products and to protect and promote public health across the country. This essay focuses on several aspects of the FDA‚ from the role of the agency and its effect
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Accounting Conceptual Framework is a set of theoretical principles which are generally accepted as guidelines in preparing financial statements. One of the purposes of having an accounting conceptual framework is to give guidelines for the standard setters when they are coming up with new standards or revising existing accounting standards. Besides‚ it is also very useful when preparing and auditing the financial statements. This framework is being used by many different types of users include Board
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Employment Relations Nowadays‚ most employers and employees are concerned about pay-rate systems. Employees will be affected significantly if a pay-rate system is incorrectly chosen by the company they work for. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will explain the benefits and drawbacks if the companies use incentive pay-systems as tools to fix the conflicts of interest between employers and employees. Employers are agents who own the means of production of society. They exercise
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