BUSN2038 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Racial Discrimination Act 1975
27 Nov 2018
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Labour law incorporates the law of employment, which governs the individual contract that all employees have with their employer. It also includes industrial law, which regulates the manner in which employees, as a collective group, relate with employers, or groups of employers. There are several sources of legal obligations that interact to form the law of employment: contracts (which may or may not incorporate workplace policies), statutes, statutory agreements, awards and the common law: contracts (p 142. A contract will exist between the employer and employee in most situations of employment. Formal: a written document signed by both employees. Employment contract involves a worker (employee) agreeing to perform work for someone else"s organisation in a subordinate capacity. Contract for services: the worker (independent contractor) has their own business and is effectively performing work for clients or customers of that business. The factors that tend towards a relationship being classified as that of a principal/contractor are whether the service provider:
