Select from the terms
below and you will be provided with to a
detailed explanation!
ACAS
- Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration
Service. Established under the
Employment Protection Act 1975 to
support collective bargaining and work
to improve employer/employee relations.
Action in
good faith - an act carried out
honestly,
Agent
- a person appointed by another to act
on his behalf
Applicant
- someone who lodges a complaint with an
industrial tribunal
Augment
- to supplement.
Breach of
contract - a failure by a party of a
contract to live up to the terms agreed
to in the contract or to perform the
obligations delineated in the contract.
Civil
wrong - a non-criminal wrong based
on denial of another person's rights.
Code of
practice - rules established by
regulatory, administrative bodies, trade
associations, etc., which are used to
suggest arid guide behaviour. These
rules do not have the force of law.
Collective agreement - agreement
reached as a result of negotiations
between an employer and a trade union,
Common
law - Laws arising from court
rulings rather than from legislative
enactments.
Complainant - someone who lodges a
complaint.
Constructive dismissal - resignation
by an employee in circumstances such
that he or she is entitled to resign by
reason of an act or course of action by
the employer.
Contract
for service - a type of contract
that defines an independent contractor.
Contract
of service - a type of contract in
which a person agrees to be paid a
regular wage, work regular hours! And
consider himself an employee.
Contract
out - attempting to exclude or limit
liability.
DDA
- Disability Discrimination Act 1996.
Prohibits discrimination based on
disability relating to employment and
access to goods, facilities, services
and premises.
Discrimination - treatment of one or
more members of a specified group in a
manner that is unfair as compared to the
treatment of other people who are not
members of that group.
EPA
- Equal Pay Act 1970. Requires that men
and women be paid the same rate for like
employment, or work rated as equivalent
or having equal value.
Ex
Gratia - given as a favour. An ex
gratia payment is one not required to be
made by a legal duty
Express
terms - the terms and provisions of
a contract that the parties specifically
deal with and agree upon.
Guarantee payments - the sum that an
employer must pay an employee for whom
he is unable to provide work, under the
Employment Rights Act 1996
Frustration - an unexpected and
unintentional event that makes the
fulfillment of the terms of a contract
impossible
Gross
wages - the amount of wages before
any deductions are made
Implied
terms - terms that are not expressly
stated in a contract but are necessary
to give it business efficacy or are
derived from custom and usage.
Indemnification - one person agrees
to pay to a third person money owed to
him by a second person
Legitimate interests - an employer’s
right to have certain interests
protected by law
Mandate
- a legal order to do something.
Net
wages - the amount of wages after
deductions are made.
Notice
- format advance notification by either
party to an employment contract to the
other that the contract is about to
expire and will not be renewed
PIW
- Period of incapacity for work any
period of four or more consecutive days
during which the employee has been found
incapable of working due to illness
Redundancy - termination of
employment because a job no longer
exists.
Remuneration - reward or pay for
service
Repudiatory breach - a fundamental
breach of contract by either the
employer or the employee that entitles
the other party to terminate the
relationship without giving notice.
Respondent - the person against whom
relief is sought by the applicant.
Restrictive covenant - a provision
in a contract prohibiting certain
post-employment activities on the part
of an ex-employee
RRA
- Race Relations Act 1976. Prohibits
discrimination based on colour, race,
nationality~ or ethnic or national
origin in employment, services and
housing
SDA
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Prohibits
discrimination based on gender or
marital status in employment! or when
offering a contract of employment.
SMP
- Statutory Maternity Pay An employer
must pay SMP to any employee who is
eligible
Share
fishing - a work structure amongst
fishermen whereby they rotate shifts and
share a boat.
Spent
conviction - a conviction that,
after a specified period of time, can be
treated as if it never existed, and does
not need to be disclosed
SSP
- Statutory Sick Pay an employer must
pay SSP to any employee who is out ill
after the first four days of absence, up
to 28 weeks
Statement of particulars - for a
written statement outlining the nature
terms, duties and responsibilities of a
specific job
Statutory rights - any privilege
recognised and protected by law.
Winding up - a
procedure by which a company liquidates
its assets and dissolves itself
Wrongful
dismissal - a remedy for
unjustifiable dismissal based on
contractual rights.
Unfair
dismissal - a remedy for
unjustifiable dismissal based on
statutory rights.
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