Labour Law Flashcards
3 main pillars of labour law
Flexibility, job security, consullation
Collective labor agreements
Contract that covers almost all workers signed for 2/3 years
Bona fides
What would the proper behavior be to be a good employee/employer
International labor organization (ILO)
Cruiseships for example
9 protected characteristics:
1 age 2 gender 3 sex 4 sexual orientation 5 race 6 religion&belief 7 marriage 8 pregnancy 9 disability
In an interview you may not ask:
family plans, photographs, personal questions
Types of contracts: limited
often 1 year, after the year ask to extend the contract to unlimited (currently its 2 years), gap of 6 years allows you to restart the clock
Types of contract: Unlimited (permanent)
unlimited, trial period is 2 months
Flexible contract: zero hour
Flexible, after 20 hours you’re entitled to demand a contract
Flexible contract: freelance
flexible, independent contractor
Flexible contract: Temp agency contract b2b
They have screened workers and can provide them to you > can send different workers
Flexible contract: Outsourcing
You can outsource a specific department
Completely handing off the department to someone else
You do not build up any tenure
Flexible contract: Apprentice, trainee contracts
Saves labor costs, needs attention
Within 2 months you need a contract (formal requirement) needs to include, written statement:
name, address, starting date, how long, position, where, salary, collective agreement
Terms of a contract: Express terms
- black and white statements in contract
salary, job tasks, place of performance
