Essays on Employment Law

Introduction

The doctrine states that occupation is supposed to take an undefined time and can be terminated by both the worker and the employer. The guideline has been applied historically by the courts in the interpretation of employment relationships. The employers and workers have been awarded unequal bargaining power. It causes criticism of the doctrine since the outcomes are seen to be harsh. The unions looked to, are seen as the certified employees’ representatives, thus trying to equalize the bargaining power. Various benefits are associated with the union powers such as job security and bonuses. With the acceptance of the “ ...

Overview of the Case Study

Over the years, the Singapore government had been operating on a two airline policy that had promoted efficient interaction between the government-owned Singapore airline, and its national competitor, Silvertail Airlines. For about 10 years, the duopoly worked so well until 1990 when other competitors joined the airline industry, following the airline deregulation policies adopted by the government. Consequently, the share price of Silvertail Airline Company started changing due to the friendly services such as low cost charges offered by its major competitors. This wind of change prompted a transformation in the company’s board of directors, which was replaced ...

New business owners often find themselves facing issues they had not previously considered when starting a business. Many new owners have recognized the need for their product or service and have identified a market for it. They are prepared for that aspect; it is how they came to start their own business. Other aspects however, such as accounting, employee oversight, and taxes are areas where most people have little expertise without actively taking the time to learn about these issues, but where many of the struggles small business owners face are originated (Collamer, n.d.). There are several basic areas ...

Human Resource Dilemmas

It is evident from Timothy’s Reverson’s case that the employment practices of Cameron Lake boat Rentals are authoritative. The company has imposed an authoritative control over the working conditions of the workers as evidenced by it compelling its workers to sign the employment arbitration agreement. As it can be seen, Timothy Reverson was dismissed for the fact that he claimed a pay rise. Workers in the company can do very little to fight for their rights as they are bound by the resolution by arbitration. It was illegal and unethical for the company to terminate his employment ...

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

Introduction 3

Summary of the Equality Act 2010 3 The Purpose of the Equality Act 2010 4 Protected Characteristics in the Equality Act, 2010 4 Two Forms of Discriminations Discouraged by the Act 5 Behaviour Considered unlawful in the Act 5 Employment and Working Conditions Exempt from the Act 6 Changes made from Previous Discrimination Legislation 7 Potential Problems with the Equality Act of 2010 for Employers and Employees 8 Recommendations on how Organisations can ensure Compliance with the Equality Act 11

References 13

Employment Relations and Law – Equality Act 2010 Introduction With the rise in globalisation pressures and the need for businesses ...

Legal Issues and Disciplinary Action

Develop, analyze, and explain requirements that could be used in the personnel selection process for management positions in the company Employment in the US has evolved over time. The process has seen to it marked changes that have resulted in a shift in the workplace. A company’s culture determines its profitability and also its productivity. Employment law has been tasked with the mandate of developing an organization’s culture. Employer-employee relationships have been strengthened with the advent of the Employment law. The US gives a clear picture of the cultural advancement has in fact, shaped the workforce in ...

Employment law has a multitude of purpose in defining the relationship, agreement, and legal obligation of employers and employees. According to Edwards and Robinson (2012) employment law is the negotiated relationships between employees and employers”(p 4). These negotiations highlight acceptably terms related to occupation, expectation and contracts that showcase the roles, responsibilities, and task completion of employees, as well as the wages, salaries, safe workplace, and other expectancies from the employer. Aside from expectation, there are legal ramifications that employers must follow on a federal and local level. For the sake of this paper, the federal level will ...

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Task A – Description of the Evidences 3

A. Evidence 1 – Essay on Sir Kenneth Robinson Educational Views 4

B. Evidence 2 – Internal Memo about applicants for the position of Assistant Marketing Manager 5 C. Evidence 3 – Making a brief presentation about employment law 5 3. Task B - Reflections about the Process of Self-Assessment 6

Introduction

Merely having professional capabilities is not enough for getting employment, securing a promotion or otherwise rising through the ranks in the company. The critical aspect of being properly rewarded for one’s professional skills and capacities is making persuasive and impressive presentations of such skills to the company managers. This ...

Executive Summary

The Georges Hotel is an upscale European-style boutique hotel located along the Oriental Bay in Wellington. Most of the staff is friends and relatives of Jeff and Chad, who are brothers. The hotel has many advantages that a family business has as well as the disadvantages. Some of the supervisors are not aware of the laws against discrimination. They are not aware of what sexual harassment means and what the appropriate and inappropriate behavior towards their subordinates is. This has resulted in situations where a couple of EEO complaints were raised against the hotel. However, as things stand, the ...

The Role of HRM in Hospitality

Jerpi (2016) discusses that there are many issues related to HR in the hospitality industry. These issues include management skills, company procedures and policies, and training. The author states that as far as management skills, that many within the industry are often promoted without receiving the necessary training to actually do their job. As such, there are managers within hotels and other hospitality related businesses who do not have the specific skills and/or training to deal with issues related to customer service. It appears as though human resources departments along with individual supervisors are recommending that people get promoted ...

Introduction

The Americans with Disabilities Act also called the ADA was signed into law in the year 1990. The act serves the purposes of protecting the civil rights of Americans with disabilities who are more that 50 million individuals in number. It further purposes to ensure that the disabled Americans are presented with the same opportunities in the social, political, and economic context as everyone else so that they can fully participate in public life. The act prohibits discrimination in all areas of life that include; employment, services in the state and local governments, public accommodations, telecommunications, education, as well ...

Issue

Homestead steel strike is one of serious labor action to have ever happened in the United States. The strike involved Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers with Carnegie Steel Company. The issue surrounding the strike was the move by Carnegie Steel Company to impose a yellow dog contract that would lead to the death of the unions which it believed were inefficient. The management thus wanted to do away with the unions and encourage its employees to be unionized. It felt by so doing it will enhance efficiency in its operations. There was pressure on the employer and ...

At Will Employment Issues

According to information found at the National Conference of State Legislatures website. “Employment relationships are presumed to be “at-will” in all U.S. states except Montana.” This means that employers and employees can end the relationship at will or without cause or threat of retaliation from the termination of employment of either party. There are not any legal requirements that surround the termination such as a period or a specific reason involved. Every employee in the United States, except Montana, is considered to be an at-will employee unless he or she has signed a specific contract with the employer at ...

Business Enterprise Planning

Different countries have laws and regulations governing different businesses unique to the country and business type. Usually, the laws are meant to protect consumers regarding the quality of products and services, safety, information, and pricing. In Saudi, a draft of E-commerce laws was introduced in 2014 to protect users and support the growth of e-commerce in the country (Al-Ghaith, Sanzogni & Sandhu, 2010). The laws are in regards to merchant information, consumer protection, advertisements and delivery. The first e-commerce law requires businesses to include their website in their registration certificate (Cdn.stepfeed.com, 2016). The website must contain such information as physical ...

Q1 Answer

Chalfant needs to review the American with Disabilities Act to establish whether he qualifies to file his case under ADA. It is worth noting that the Act requires one to meet various provisions in order to be protected. First, the victim should be able to clearly show that his disability is physical or mental impairment that prevents one from doing certain activities in his or her life course. Besides, it argues that the victim should have a good history suffering from that impairment. Finally, it requires one to be known by others for having such impairment. The qualification of ...

Employment Law- Changes in Company Policy

Some laws and policies guide dressing and clothing in a workplace in every society. In a case of any misunderstanding between the employer and the employee, the state law should be the reference. Despite the state laws, each organization has laws which it applies to guide the workplace uniforms. Furthermore, they need to abide by the national standards and internal standards human rights. Most companies tend to strive to create a working environment that is conducive for both the workers and the customers. The dress code is one of the ways to achieve this goal because it keeps the ...

Scenario 1

What theories of team behavior might assist GS in taking on his new role? In the given scenario, GS has been given a team of 24 employees who all have been working in the office for more than 5 years. This shows that all the team members are completely familiar with the organizational culture and norms, and are also well adjusted to their job roles. Furthermore, GS’s active interest in promoting conformity and harmony is also well-liked by all the team members, which also indicate that everyone is on the same page. These factors indicate that the team ...

BUSINESS LAW QUESTIONS

Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256; [1892] EWCA Civ 1 Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company is a leading case in Contract Law which discusses the salient elements of an offer, an invitation to treat and other relevant contractual concepts. The facts of this case are that Carbolic Smoke ball Company, while advertising the Carbolic Smoke Ball drug for influenza, advertised that; £100 would be rewarded to any person who contracted influenza having used the ball three times a day for two weeks. The Company added that £1000 was already deposited with Alliance Bank to ...

Legal research

Introduction Every business should abide by the business laws to remain competitive and relevant. Particularly, concepts surrounding the law of contracts, torts, and employment law guide most conflicts occurring in businesses today. However, businesses are faced with challenging situations that require precise understanding and interpretation of different commercial case laws and concepts. The lack of understanding of these basic concepts may cause businesses to suffer legal consequences arising from frequent litigations (Singh, 2007). The current paper analyses three events that happened at Wicked Theatres Group Ltd.’s theater. In doing so, the paper sheds light on the legal principles ...

Introduction

A labor relationship between parties is regulated by the contract. Any disputes regarding the terms of the contract may be settled in the Court. The Courts established common law rules determining the rights and duties of the employer and employee. Nevertheless, the employment conditions were often unsafe and harmful, hours of work long and wages low. The government started passing laws to combat exploitation of employees by employers. In 1900s government started establishing minimum employment standards, which became the basis for modern labor standards legislation. While the government was taking legislative actions, employees started forming trade associations to increase ...

Per our last conversation, you requested for the formulation of an employment law compliance that will be used for your start-up limousine service business located in Austin, Texas. You also indicated that you will have an initial 25 employees for the first of the year of business. This memo shall explain the various employment laws that have to be implemented by your company. There will be a discussion on the possible penalties that you will have to deal with for noncompliance of these employment laws. It is imperative for the company to abide by these laws to remain in compliance. ...

There are various laws that govern the operations of a business and have to be adhered to; this ensures that there is smooth business operation. Chapter four of the book “Employment Law for Business” focuses on the legal construction of the employment environment. The chapter mainly looks at the [people who work as Human Resource who are considered to be valuable business assets. The chapter focuses on the handling of employees from the recruitment stage up to when they start working in a business. During recruitment a disabled person should not be asked questions concerning his/her disability. The employer should find means ...

Organizations generally exist to serve a certain specific purpose or achieve some set goals and objectives. In most cases, organizations play an important role in provision of services that are needed by human beings. We can simply say that organizations seek to provide services that improve the general well-being of human beings. Compamies can broadly be classified into deferent types depending on their roles. Organizations that do not seek to make profits from its existence are known as nonprofit organizations, there are also companies which are privately owned as well as public organization also known as governmental. For firms to ...

Business Employment Law –

Business Employment Law Introduction The world of business exists within specific legal employment laws. All laws develop because of political demands creating policies requiring business regularly must respond to changes in the employment law framework. Three specific areas of the following scholastic research, analysis, and discussion address law and business and the critical aspects of law affecting employment, the impact of law principles, and the distrust and misconceptions of law by the business world about employment policies. ‘Mallor et al (2010) explains how ‘Legal’’ no matter the industry refers to actions and behaviors governed by policies developed ...

The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) refers to the federal laws that illegalize discrimination against people with disability. It provides civil rights to the disabled and prohibits discrimination in public services, employment as well as in public accommodation. Again, under the same act, there exist certain title-like chapters. For instance, Title 1 prohibits employment discrimination against disabled people by the employers with more than 15 employees. This Title protects the disabled in their area of duty in all way of discrimination. Under Title II of the Americans with Disability Act, the disabled people are defended while outlaying their grievances ...

The Constitution was written for the purpose of granting the people of the United States their inalienable rights. The constitutional rights were established in the Bill of Rights and the First Ten Amendments that include some of the rights that people and the courts still used every day. This paper is tasked with providing an analysis of the case, Korb v. Raytheon, 707 F. Supp 63 (D. Mass. 1989). This paper will discuss the challenges that were discussed in regards to the Constitutional rights. This paper will provide supporting cases that touch on the same themes in order to ...

Since the advent of the internet, people have been benefitting from it as it helped in finding information online, facilitating work procedures, and gathering general knowledge. The amount of information and resources is astounding as it aids in assembling vast knowledge and providing a positive experience. It has become an integral part of humans’ daily routines such as communication method, downloading music, catching the latest news about friends and colleagues, a means for self-expression through blogging, and for networking and socialization purposes with people on the Internet. With its widespread reach, it is also a place with numerous dangers and threats. It ...

American Employment Related Laws and Regulations

The Human Resource Department deals with several legal and safety laws as well as requirements that an organization must abide by in order to prevent law suits. This is also because the legal, safety and regulatory frameworks have serious implications on the human resource department. The laws and regulations ensure that all local and international employees have equal and fair treatment in the course of their employment. The rights of employees and employers are adequately covered by several distinct entities or institutions such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and National Labor Relations, among others. ...

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Staffing System Management

This discipline pertains to how an organization effectively implements processes and policies to deal with employee attrition. An organization that puts a significant effort to align its staffing management with its goal will definitely produce an efficient and productive workforce. Beyond an effective process, an organization should also consider employing technologies in managing its workforce as well as it employee’s development, promotion, training and performance reviews. The technology market has a bag full of available technology that can match an effectively defined process that include human resource management application, enterprise resource planning, ...

Introduction

Employer employee relationship is based upon mutual trust. Employee should make every effort to fulfill expectations of employer while employers have an ethical, as well as, legal duty to provide an amicable environment to their employees. Employers are legally bound to ensure a safer and unprejudiced work environment for employees. There are various laws and regulations that protect employees’ rights and ensure appropriate implementation of employees’ rights and interests at the workplace. Employers cannot dismiss employees in arbitrary manner and merely on their will and such a behavior is strictly prohibited by the employment laws of United Kingdom. This paper intends ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYMENT LAW The court applies the provisions of the industrial law in reaching the opinions and judgments reached in this set of cases. There are certain important definitions and terminologies used by the court in reaching the opinions hence the courts evaluates them comprehensively to determine the direction of the case in relation to the plaintiff and the defendant. An example of such terms is major changes. In the matter of Kevin Lane, Aleksander Argirov, and James Koehn versus Arrowcrest Group PTY LTD, the court comes to several conclusions based on the facts availed in each instance. The ...

Tasks 1, 2, and 3

Introduction The role assigned has been as a recently appointed Human Resource Manager trainee at a UKCBC Hotel and the task is to provide a proposed recruitment planning portfolio. The company is opening a 100-room full service hotel in West End in London with a bar and coffee shop to be used both internally and externally. The recruitment planning portfolio is meant to include the processes and procedures that will be involved in the organization’s human management. Human resource management, in essence, is the management of human being’s relationships and development at work and is an incredibly challenging and dynamic ...

The Right to Work Sates

Introduction The concept of the Right to work States A trade union is the amalgamation of workers that are joined together by the pursuit of increased pay, tolerable working conditions and protecting the integrity of the trade. Trade unions originated from Europe during the industrial revolution in order to provide bargaining power to workers who lacked the skills and expertise. Workers complained of mistreatment from the employers. A scrutiny of the history of trade unionism reveals that the employees raised legitimate claims on the relationship with their employers. Employers had an unfair advantage over their employers in ...

A Supreme Court of Canada Case on Employment Law

Summary of the case Employee privacy and occupational safety especially in a dangerous workplace have always clashed in the past. Employers always feel the need to perform random drug tests at the workplace, which many argue violates employee privacy. The Supreme Court of Canada only recently released a ruling related to random alcohol and drug tests at the workplace in Canada. The case was between Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited and was published on June 14, 2013 (Naccaroto 2013).

What both sides were arguing

Irving has a paper mill in Saint John, New Brunswick and due the ...

- Introduction Employment laws meant to cushion the employees against any form of oppression they may face at their workplaces (Cabrelli 2010). In UK, these employment laws differed in that workers and employees enjoyed different protection, the employees enjoys greater rights than workers. Despite the difference, every person working for an employer is entitled to national minimum wage, protection from discrimination and right not to work for more than 48 hours per week. The employment laws apply universally whether the employees and workers are permanent or working on a temporary basis (Langley 2011). Employment regulations reviewed each year particularly ...

Labor laws are put into place to protect the different stakeholders in the labor market. With the increasing demand for labor, there is the need to have a clear guideline as given by law on how people within the labor market should be treated. Labor laws provide a guideline that is followed by both the employees and employers. An economy cannot thrive if the labor force is not a productive one; however, the labor force has to work in a conducive environment where the rights of each person are respected. The law in New Jersey recognizes a child to be anybody below the ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW: U.S. VS EU Employment laws hold greater significance because they tend to elaborate the rights of both the employees and the employers. They actually provide a structure to the workplace as they clearly define the responsibilities and duties of the employees as well as the employers. In addition, these laws also hold significance because they ensure the provision of focus of the business on productivity rather than wasting their resources on solving conflicts and problems. During 2012, around 19 major strikes took place in the United States where each involved an average of 1000 workers; the result ...

Background

Christopher Millea a Marine who participated in the first Gulf War suffers from a post-traumatic stress disorder accountable to his involvement in the war. He has developed a situation of suffering unpredictable pain attacks and exhaustion. These situations have necessitated frequent work time off on short notice. Since 2001, Millea had been working for a tri-state commuter rail road, the Metro-North. Millea applied for special leave in 2005 under the FMLA for special leave, an application that was approved by Metro-North granting him sixty days of intermittent leave for the year 2006 (LexisNexis, 2).

Events leading to the lawsuit

Millea was under the supervision of one Earl Vaughn ...

Collective Bargaining Rights and how they Impact Employment Law in the U.S. (Name of your Course) (Name of your Tutor) (Date of Submission

Abstract

In the United States, collective bargaining rights have provided a stable voice to the millions of employees against their employers who represent the industrial organizations and companies. Collective bargaining plays a strong role in defining the terms of employment in the U.S. and thus, it has had significant impact on the various employment laws that have emerged in the nation. They dictate the overall cost of employing and firing new members of staff in the company ...

United States legal system provides a variety of legal obligations that are impacted when doing business. They entail the employment laws that are very essential as they are likely to be encountered by a company immediately upon commencing business and also provide compliance that is heavily regulated. The labor and employment laws in the United States are derived from a variety of legal sources that include: constitutional law, statutory law, administrative regulations and common law that entail unwritten customs, principles as well as rules and case laws (Cihon & Castagnera, 2011). The focus of the paper is identifying major employment-related laws and regulations, ...

Importance of Laws in Employment

Employment does not only allow us to pay our bills, but is the fundamental outlet in which we express ourselves to the broader community. It defines our daily schedules and also shapes our futures. Anyone who has ever been laid off or spent years without work knows how bad it feels losing work or having nothing to do. There is a lot that goes on in workplaces that can have serious effects on the lives of workers and hence making it necessary to have employment law in place. The broad definition of employment law is the negotiated relationship between ...

Cultural Differences between Japan and United Kingdom using Hofstede’s Dimensions

Considering rapid globalization in the past years, it appears that intercultural communication continues to play vital roles in sharing of meanings and contribution to ethical decisions. Culture has become a strong undercurrent into international businesses. Culture also has impacts on management considering managers’ activities in the entire world. Nevertheless, managers continue to carry out activities in different ways due to their diversity in decision-making. This is due to the difference in cultural backgrounds that has become much rooted into them and cannot let go. This is an illustration that cultural practices considered to be right by one business manager can end ...

Introduction and Background

The go green debate is gaining currency in the business world. It is no longer the preserve of governments to regulate the market for purposes of sustainability. With the emergence of environmental awareness, business units have been roped forcefully into the go green bandwagon. Closely intertwined with the go green course, is ethical consciousness in which organizations, employers and employees are required to make informed and ethically conscious decisions. In the United States of America, after the Enron Scandal, the ethical course has taken a statutory footing with the enacted of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. It is on that premise ...

DQ Notes

DQ Notes

The issue of compliance may indeed be dicey when it comes to a plurality of employment laws from across different countries. However, it is essential for the company to ensure that it observes all the common laws in respect to discrimination and the general rights of employees. After achieving that objective, a firm is best advised to have its partner company or firms in the country where the workers are outsourced equally complying with the laws in that regime. That way the firm would not in any way be trapped or encumbered in situations of violations of employment rights. ...

Note 1: Selene

The note appreciates the place and role of assessment utilization. In becoming a competent I/O psychologist, it would be essential to be guided in the workplace with skills in assessment for the proper and effective assessment and evaluation of the employees. I concur with the position of the paper on the essence of assessment utilization. In addition, it is true that the efficiency of the organization would depend on proper assessment. The information gathered shall go into understanding the employee and consequently inform the job matching, provision of equal opportunities and endeavor to improve the overall career development of the ...

The plaintiff, Mrs. Drake is a trained and qualified teacher of American English. She is a Black American citizen. The first defendant is the Headmaster of Governors Dummer Academy and the second Defendant is the Board Governors of Governor Dummer Academy. The facts were that on the tenth of October 2011, the first Defendant summoned the plaintiff in his office and instructed the plaintiff to explain her reasons for her absence at the work place without permission for three consecutive days starting the 4th of October to the 6th of October of 2011. The plaintiff reported to the headmaster that her ...

Organizations need to approach matters of employment consciously with due observation of the law. It is important to adopt a prudent approach that seeks to limit potential or any legal liabilities. The safest way to achieve this is through the practice of rule of law which involves observation of the law to the letter. In that context, it is the recommendation of this paper that organizations take cognizance of various employment laws and there requirements thereof. Some of the critical laws include Title VII, Equal Pay Law, Occupational Safety and Health Act, among other laws. While the laws provide ...

Business

As a church employer in your religion, requiring that the building engineer be of the same religion is justified on the basis of Section 207 of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in employment on the basis of religion. Craig (2008) stated that bona fide occupational qualifications or BFOQ refers to employment qualifications that employers are allowed by law to take into consideration in the course of making business judgments in hiring and selection of employees. The employers take into consideration that such qualification is closely related to the fundamental function of the job or fundamental in the operation ...

Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Title VII)

Introduction Protected Classes Covered Entities Initially, the Act had assumed an exclusionary approach only limiting itself to matters within private entities that had 20 or more employees. However, as indicated before, the Act has undergone through a series of amendments. It has since entertained a number of employers drawn from diverse origins. In addition, the Act now covers for employers with as little as 15 or more employees. The spirit in the amendment perhaps is in line with the overriding objective. The mischief the Act intended to address does not merely arise within private employment only. It equally ...

Critically evaluate the extent to which the culture of different countries affects the way that HR is managed. Illustrate your answer with reference to at least three different countries. The influence of culture is felt at every stage of Human Resource Management right from the selection and recruitment of staffing to training, evaluation, feedback and exit interviews. It is very important, therefore, to be aware of the differences in cultural nuances to effectively work in a culturally diverse organization. It is not possible to know every cultural norm of different cultures but an awareness of the existence of these ...

Part 1

Employee privacy has been an essential topic in the business world raising diverse reaction from employers and employees. Most employees believe that they have a right to retain the privacy of their lives involving their outside reactions as such relations do not affect their work performance. This belief is, however, different from that held by most employers who are of the thought that such relations and actions affects the performance level of the employees thus should be citizen and analyzed. This includes monitoring of the electronic relations and behavior of the employees in social media such as Facebook, twitter and ...

Introduction

Discrimination in the business place is an unethical practice yet it is a common tendency in the day to day operations in many businesses (Brown, 2007). It occurs in a variety of aspects, the most profound being discrimination against employees who in a way or another may have a competitive disadvantage working with an organization. In the past, discrimination settlements have cost some businesses huge sums of money as a result of litigation. Employees to a business may be discriminated against in various ways, for example, due to their situation (Elkhouly & Buda, 1997). I have a vivid example fresh in mind of my friend who was ...

Introduction

This review intends to discuss the literature on Disclaimers in the context of HR Communications. Disclaimers are statements which appear in a document, action or in a communication in order to specify in advance the limits of legal possibilities, ownership, effects or reactions of these documents and actions and communications. Often the disclaimers are used as a tool to avoid predicted damages caused by possible legal actions. However, the legal validity of disclaimers in general is loose and is often dependent on the interpretation by the jurisdiction varying from case to case. Disclaimers in the context of Human Resource Management include ...

One of the errors of the Widgets Inc. with respect to Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is that it fails to post substantive notices of rights. Each supervisor covered by FMLA has to post a profound notice of rights. However, only few employers take caution in abiding by this rule. It is important that they keep such notices posted at all time on its premises especially in conspicuous places in which employees work. Notices should explain the Act's provisions as well as provide relevant information in relation to the procedures to be followed in filing complaints against violations of ...

Here, the plaintiff is the fired employee Mr. Bilbo Baggins and the defendant is Orc Industries. This memorandum presumes that Mr. Baggins wants to bring a case of “wrongful dismissal” against Orc Industries and in such a scenario; this paper gives the likely outcome of the case. This junior counsel feels that the following may be important. 1. Saskatchewan provincial laws shall be applicable. In Canada, laws differ slightly from province to province. 2. Bilbo’s tenure with Orc industries is not even 6 months old. 3. Before joining Orc Industries, Bilbo had been self-employed in the same ...

Human Resources: A Review of Bermuda Employment Act of 2000

A Review of Bermuda Employment Act of 2000 What about it?

The labor sector on the island of Bermuda have triumph when after long years of legislative process they have finally established a strong employment law that the main objective is to impose justice for all employees in the state. The Bermuda Employment Act of 2000 ascended as a law on December 8th, 2000 which targeted the 1st of March, 2001 for implementation. The focus of the law mainly to provide Bermudian employees a clear statement of their employment, leaves and termination. One of the highlights of this law is the imposition ...

Every country has a set of laws that take care of the employees in different working sectors. Many a times, employees find themselves being mistreated by their seniors in workplaces leading to poor job productivity, or even termination. The employment law takes care of the rights and obligations regarding the employer-employee interaction, and takes care of the current employees, new applicants, and the retired employees. The legal issues involved in an employment law are those related to wages, taxation, immediate termination, discrimination of any manner, and safety in workplaces. Even if most employment laws are governed by the responsible state and ...

Introduction

Employment is defined as a contract between two parties, the employer and the employee. An employee is thus defined as any person under contract appointed to work for an employer following the directions provided the contract. The extent of the services the employee provides the employer is referred as the job description. The employer refers to the job description in case of conflict in behaviour and manner of the employee. On the other hand, the employee is protected by the state in laws and legislation regarding employment. This employer-employee relation is important to understand. The expectations of each party are ...

Introduction

Good employment and happy workers is one of the pillars of a good economy. It is a happy workforce and a healthy population that will ensure the future and the growth of the country. The United States Governments in the past have understood this assertion and have taken steps to enact employment laws that protect the interests of the workers. These laws cover aspects regarding rights of the employees as well as the obligation of the employees to the employer to bring a harmonious employer-employee relation. Because employment and fields of practice vary in terms of place, industry, security and hardship, the ...