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Which element is NOT required for a legally valid contract?
Which element is NOT required for a legally valid contract?
- Consideration
- Consent to contract
- Legality of purpose
- Negotiation (correct)
What are the legal industrial actions as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1990?
What are the legal industrial actions as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1990?
- Wildcat strikes, boycotts, and sympathy strikes
- Official strikes, work-to-rule, and go-slows (correct)
- Informal strikes, partial strikes, and sit-ins
- Blue flu, work-in, and sick-ins
What are the non-legislative solutions to industrial disputes?
What are the non-legislative solutions to industrial disputes?
- Mediation, litigation, and injunctions
- Arbitration, adjudication, and expert determination
- Strike, picketing, and boycotts
- Personal approach, negotiation, and conciliation (correct)
What can lead to the termination of a legal contract?
What can lead to the termination of a legal contract?
Who are considered stakeholders in a business?
Who are considered stakeholders in a business?
What are the remedies for breach of a legal contract?
What are the remedies for breach of a legal contract?
What defines unfair dismissal under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977-2015?
What defines unfair dismissal under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977-2015?
What are the elements required for a legally valid contract?
What are the elements required for a legally valid contract?
What can lead to industrial disputes?
What can lead to industrial disputes?
What is the burden of proof in cases of unfair dismissal?
What is the burden of proof in cases of unfair dismissal?
Under the Employment Equality Act 1998-2015, what constitutes constructive dismissal?
Under the Employment Equality Act 1998-2015, what constitutes constructive dismissal?
What is the role of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)?
What is the role of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)?
What is the purpose of the Small Claims Procedure?
What is the purpose of the Small Claims Procedure?
What is the function of the Ombudsman in Ireland?
What is the function of the Ombudsman in Ireland?
Under the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980, what does 'merchantable quality' refer to?
Under the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980, what does 'merchantable quality' refer to?
What does the Consumer Protection Act 2007 prohibit?
What does the Consumer Protection Act 2007 prohibit?
What are the functions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in Ireland?
What are the functions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in Ireland?
What is the purpose of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's research?
What is the purpose of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's research?
Under the Consumer Protection Act 2007, what must pricing rules be inclusive of?
Under the Consumer Protection Act 2007, what must pricing rules be inclusive of?
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Key Terms and Legal Framework in Business
- Stakeholders include entrepreneurs, investors, employers, employees, managers, producers, suppliers, service providers, consumers, government, and interest groups.
- Relationships between stakeholders can be competitive or cooperative, with different benefits and goals.
- A legally valid contract requires elements such as offer, acceptance, agreement, consideration, legality of form, consent to contract, capacity to contract, legality of purpose, intention to contract, and conditions and warranties.
- Termination of a legal contract can occur due to frustration, performance, agreement, or breach.
- Remedies for breach of a legal contract include specific performance, financial compensation, and rescinding the contract.
- Industrial disputes can arise from pay, working conditions, redundancy, technology, union recognition, unfair dismissal, and discrimination.
- Non-legislative solutions to industrial disputes include personal approach, negotiation, conciliation, and arbitration.
- The Industrial Relations Act 1990 (INDRA 1990) defines trade disputes, secret ballots, picketing rules, and types of industrial action that are legal.
- Legal industrial actions include official strikes, work-to-rule, overtime bans, token stoppages, and go-slows.
- The Unfair Dismissals Act 1977-2015 (UDA 1977-2015) outlines definitions of unfair dismissal, fair dismissal grounds, steps for dismissal, and unfair dismissal redress.
- Fair dismissal can be based on capability, qualifications, misconduct, redundancies, and legal reasons.
- Dismissal procedures under UDA 1977-2015 include warnings, investigations, and the right to be accompanied.
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