Employment Law and Contracts

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Course Outline

  1. Employment Law Foundations
  2. Employment Relationship Requirements
  3. Sources and Principles of Labour Law
  4. Worker and Employer Rights
  5. Working Time and Scheduling
  6. Leave, Holidays and Vacations
  7. Employment Contract Essentials
  8. Employment Contract Types
  9. Contract Changes and Suspension
  10. Dismissal and Contract Termination

1. Employment Law Foundations

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Labour law: The set of rules governing employment relationships between workers and employers.
  • Workers’ movement: The struggle by workers to obtain better social, labour and economic conditions at work.

Essential Points

  • The Workers’ Statute was established in 1980, and a new text in 2015 incorporated the modifications made over the years.

2. Employment Relationship Requirements

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Employment relationship: The relationship between the person who performs work, the worker, and the person for whom it is performed, the employer.

Essential Points

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Practice quiz preview

1. What does labour law govern?

2. Which timeline correctly describes the Workers’ Statute?

3. A person carries out work for a business owner. Which two parties define their employment relationship?

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What does labour law govern?

Employment relationships between workers and employers.

What is an employment relationship?

A relationship between a worker performing work and the employer for whom it is performed.

What makes work personal in an employment relationship?

The worker cannot be replaced at will.

What makes work voluntary in an employment relationship?

The worker must not be coerced.

Who owns the result of work in an employment relationship?

The employer.

What characterizes special employment relationships?

They meet general employment requirements but need specific rules.

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