Sunday, April 1, 2007

Employment Law Summary

A text describes the principles of tort and contract - the basic elements of employment law. Due to employees weaker economic position, they have more legal rights than self-employed. There are eight employee rights emphasized in the text. The right for workers to strike, the right to safe and healthy workplace, the right of equal work opportunities for men and women, the right for women to be re-employed after having a baby, the right to receive payment for overtime work, the right of early-warning before dismissal, the right of minimum wages for all workers and also the right for unfair dismissal as well as the right to dismiss before stated retirement age.
Yet EC law differ form English by having a Sunday trading. Sometimes it gives a better protection than English law.
Finally, after comparison of employment law in Japan it seams that it is better to live in England, for the sole purpose of short working hours.

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