Week 8 Assignment 2: Joshua Baker Leg100 Instructor: Prof. Madhavi Basnet-Karki Tuesday, November 26, 2013 In the summer of 2012, JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, announced trading losses from investment decisions made by its Chief Investment Office (CIO) of $5.8 billion. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was provided falsified first quarter reports that concealed this massive loss. Now we are going to discuss how administrative
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The topic that the writer will discuss in this paper is employer’s duty of care. The video that is attached to this assignment touched on the topic of employer’s duty of care and issues of compensation. Throughout this assignment the writer will convey to the audience the pros and cons of both men in the video, as well as go into detail on the topic of employer’s duty of care. 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Jake's actions are out of his scope of
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Agency employment is where a person is employed as a contract or temporary worker to fill a position in a host company. The agency is the worker’s actual employer and is responsible for payroll and taxes, superannuation, recruitment/dismissal/discipline, workers’ compensation. The host company is responsible for direction of tasks or jobs to be undertaken and determining the work available for the temporary worker on site. Normally there is a joint responsibility in so far as occupational health
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Tutorial 4 Question 1 Debbie entered into a written contract to buy a second-hand Proton from Esther. The contract did not state the year of the car but Esther described it to Debbie as a 1997 model. In fact it was a 1995 Proton and was worth RM500 less than the price Debbie paid for it. What remedies are open to Debbie? Question 2 Cosmetics Sdn Bhd hired Karen to sell their products in Mont Kiara, a well to do residential area. Among others, some of the clauses in the contract read as
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and can have unethical behavior, and bias’s. These thoughts must be taken into close consideration and strongly analyzed if the employer is hoping to have a successful negotiation. Works Cited (1.) "How to Fight Workers Comp Fraud in Your Business." Term Life Insurance Quotes | Car Insurance Quotes | Health Insurance Quotes. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.insure.com/articles/businessinsurance/workerscomp-fraud.html>. (2.) "OhioBWC - Basics: Fraud and Workers’ Compensation." OhioBWC
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Question #2 According to the Court the Duty of Care that a hotel owes a guest are as follows: “The law imposed upon innkeepers’ at least ordinary or reasonable care to protect their guests against injury by third persons, and some cases call for the exercise of a higher degree of care.” Allegedly the hotel was negligent in the following areas 1.) Permitting Criminals, sex deviates, and vagrants to wander discriminately about the hotel 2.) Failure
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Elmore’s car was forced into the other lane and struck a moving vehicle. 12. Mrs. Elmore suffered head injuries. COUNT ONE-NEGLIGENCE Plaintiff realleges and reaffirms paragraphs 1-12 and further alleges: 13. Defendant committed the tort of negligence as follows: 14. Defendant sold and serviced the vehicle that caused this accident. Defendant failed to ensure proper safety. This conduct did not live up to the level of care society expects from people, and harm to the
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Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungergords – indirect recipient of info • Facts: financier (Esanda) lent money to Excel in reliance on E’s audited accounts (Peat Marwick) and reports - could not recover money. Sued E’s auditors for alleged negligence. • Issue: whether auditors owe a duty of care to persons other than their clients who have relied on their unqualified reports in entering various financial transactions. • Held: Esanda appealing – appeal dismissed auditors do not
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published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt (2) : defamation of a person by written or representational means (3) : the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures (4) : the act, tort, or crime of publishing such a libel (Merriam-Webster). Sometimes, journalists and others try to be acute with words, implying things, thinking they are guarded because they can prove the plain truth of the words. They are wrong in believing
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Are Damages or Punitive Damages Taxable?Posted on August 15, 2011 in Articles The quick answer is damages or awards received for physical injuries or sickness are generally not taxable. However, punitive damages or awards are generally taxable if they are paid to compensate a taxpayer for non-personal injuries. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 104 is the area of law that defines the taxable treatment of compensation for injuries or sickness. In general if a taxpayer received an award or damages
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