Archive Question #0091
Cheers for helping me before. I need to know a
few things about economics which I am unclear on.What legislation
is there for recruitment and dismissal/redundancy?If one business
in the UK is trading with another business in another country whose
legal system governs their trade? What measures are there of economic
activity and what problems are there in these ways? How do you differentiate
between fair and unfair dismissal? How do trade unions co-operate
with employers and also promote employer/employee relations? Why
is the state a consumer? What is the relationship between exchange
rates with taxation and public expenditure? Why does the city want
a strong pound? I'm sorry that there are quite a few questions!!
Lots of questions and I will answer one now.
Dismissal/redundancy - There are two main areas for legislation
on dismissal. Unfair dismissal and unlawful dismissal. Unlawful
dismissal is if you have been dismissed under reasons of race, male/female
or other factors. This is unlawful and you have a right to sue.
Unfair dismissal is when the company has not followed its own procedures
and has dismissed you. If they have NOT followed their own procedures
then you would probably win a case in court and gain substantial
damages, and you job back (if you wanted it). You do not get the
right to unfair dismissal unless you have been in employment for
over 1 year.
Agreements between companies in different counries
- usually the companies will sign an agreement identifying whose
law any dispute will be processed under. But often companies just
trade without legal protection.
Fair dismissal is where the company has followed
its procedures correctly and dismissed an empoyee. Unfair dismissal
is where the comapny has disregarded its procedures and dismissed
an employee anyway. Example if a company had a procedure where it
would ask for a doctors certificate for prolonged illness - but
it fired someone who was sick without asking for the certificate
then that would be unfair dismissal.
Thankyou very much for making a start, its much
appreciated and its been really helpful. Hope to read the other
answers soon,
Lisa
The state is a consumer because it buys things
- just like a consumer. What does it buy? Well it takes out loans
(big ones mind) and the government (on behalf of the state) buys
lots of things - Defense, health, etc etc...
Greg
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