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Chapter 13 Employee Rights and Discipline
Chapter 13 Employee Rights and Discipline
Chapter 13 Employee Rights and Discipline
Common law of employment: The body of case law in which courts interpret
employment contracts and the legal principles taken from those cases that guide the
interpretation of employment contracts
Implied contract terms: Terms judges read into employment contracts when the
written contract does not expressly deal with the matter
The general rules of contract law: developed in the common law apply. One
important rule of contract law is that a valid contract requires “mutual
consideration.”
Mediator: A third party in an employment dispute who meets with one party and
then the other to suggest compromise solutions or to recommend concessions from
each side that will lead to an agreement
Ethics: A set of standards of conduct and moral judgments that help determine right
and wrong behavior