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An employee has no option but to resign, burden of proof on employee to prove unfairly dismissed, EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT 1998-2015 (EEA 1998-2015) EEA 1998-2015 Defines discrimination, prohibits discrimination, discrimination bases, defines harassment, outlaws harassment, equal pay clause
Constructive Dismissal
Employment Treated in a less favourable way than another person is had or ______ would have been treated in a comparable situation on any of the nine grounds (giraffes clawed rubies from scary doors to pretty alleyways)
Discrimination
Any act or conduct which is unwelcome and offensive, humiliating or intimidating on a discriminatory ground, including acts of physical intimacy, spoken words, gestures or the production, display or circulation of written material or pictures, employers obliged to take all steps to outlaw
Harassment
Set up under INDRA 1990, advisory service, conciliation service, mediation service, adjudication services, inspection services, codes of practice, investigates EEA 1998-2015 complaints
WORKPLACE RELATIONS COMMISSION (WRC)
Investigates complaints as a court of last resort, not court of law, arbitration, codes of practice, registers agreements, set up JLCs, hears WRC adjudication appeals
THE LABOUR COURT
€25 fee, claims up to €2,000, under local district court, consumers to businesses or businesses to business, informal (no solicitor), to solve an unresolved consumer conflict
Small Claims Procedure
Investigates consumer complaints against public bodies, independent, impartial, free, exhaust all other methods first, make within 12 months, Ger Deering
Ombudsman
Provides information online and on social media accounts
COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISSION (FUNCTIONS) Informing The Consumer
Termination of a legal contract can occur due to ______
frustration
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
Non-legislative solutions to industrial disputes include personal approach, negotiation, conciliation, and ______
arbitration
Fair dismissal can be based on capability, qualifications, misconduct, redundancies, and ______ reasons
legal
Stakeholders include entrepreneurs, investors, employers, employees, managers, producers, suppliers, service providers, consumers, government, and ______ groups
interest
Remedies for breach of a legal contract include specific performance, financial compensation, and rescinding the ______
contract
Study Notes
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.
Test your knowledge of key terms and legal framework in business with this quiz. Explore concepts such as stakeholders, legal contracts, termination, remedies for breach, industrial disputes, and the legislative framework surrounding industrial actions and unfair dismissals. Brush up on important business law concepts and enhance your understanding of the legal aspects of business operations.
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