Law Society of Western Australia – Personal Injury Law Update 8 October 2013 BULLYING AND PSYCHIATRIC INJURY; RECENT AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW Geoffrey R Hancy B.Juris(Hons), LLB(Hons), B.Ec(UWA), LLM(Melb) geoff@hancy.net www.hancy.net Introduction 1 My paper covers: 1.1 Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to allow the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to deal with bullying claims; 1.2 Recent court decisions on claims for damages for psychiatric illness;
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employment in which is a part of their employee benefits in accordance to the law for the following reasons: Employee gives birth to a newborn and needs to care for them; Employee fosters or adopts a child; Employee needs to care for an immediate family member such as their parent, their spouse, or their child that has a serious condition and needs constant care; or if an employee has a serious medical condition where a leave is needed ("Encyclopedia Of Everyday Law", 2011). Employees may choose to take this
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 (3.1) Contrast liability in torts with contractual liability 3 (3.2) Explain the nature of liability in negligence & (3.3) Explain how a business can be vicariously liable 4 (4.1) Apply the elements of the tort of negligence and defences in the above different business situations for the legal officer who is assigned to VJSC & (4.2) Apply the elements of vicarious liability in above different business situations for the legal officer who is assigned
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Grade: A University of London LLB, 2nd year Tort Law Question Amber Valley Primary School was closed 6 months ago by Amber Borough Council (ABC), the local education authority, which owns all the land and buildings. The school has been standing empty while ABC attempts to find a buyer for the site. Although ABC placed fencing around the site, local residents reported that youths had broken into the site on a number of occasions. Last week a group of youths from a nearby young offenders
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Ethics in Accountancy Case Analysis Case 2-5: Eating Time 1. Frame the ethical issue: Should Kevin Lowe “eat time” by taking work home and not record the time? 2. Gathering all the facts: * Kevin Lowe is a new staff accountant at Stooges LLP * Kevin took 50% longer to complete audit work than his predecessor. * Stooges LLP is on a fixed budget for these audits. * Bo Chambers and Moe Chambers are partners supervising Kevin. * Bo and Mo explicitly say that they do not
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the state of Ohio to perform road repairs including using dynamite to blast dangerous rock and overhangs. The company closes down the road and proceeds with the dynamiting. The guard hired to make sure no cars enter the area falls asleep while on duty. Jim, who did not see road closure signs drives into the danger zones causing his car to get hit by falling rock and Jim suffers severe injuries from the company's negligence. ISSUE (1) The issue is whether, under Ohio law, will Melissa be liable
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Homework week 4 Risk Management 1. How does OSHA protect health care employees? OSHA protects health care employees by making sure that the employers inform employees of all potential dangers under the right to know policy. OSHA prevents accidents from happening. That is why they are strict and walk around in the work environment to prevent “occupational injury.” 2. What should be included in a waste management plan? All health care organizations, whether a hospital, ambulatory surgery center, or
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ideas how to structure your own advert. Some have been copied from the Skills for Care Toolkit and others have been used by personal budget clients in Oxfordshire. Clients/brokers can add colour or pictures to enhance and make an advert eye catching for the public e.g. if putting into a shop window. P/Time Personal Assistant Personal Assistant to assist 27 year old disabled mother of two with daily tasks. Main duties will include cleaning; ironing; assisting on outings like walking the dog; socialising
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of work. The author is using fictions to support the assignment rather than real life incidents, as the author’s workplace did not give out such materials in time for the said author to complete the assignment. The main aims are to discuss the employer/employee responsibilities regarding manual handling and the civil and criminal liabilities involved. Give the reader an understanding of what the relevant legislation breach is surrounding manual handling and its interpretation and application, to
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listed below Twelve workweeks if: • The Employee has a child/baby, and/or needs to take care of newborn infant or baby within one year of birth • If an employee chooses to adopt a child or is entrusted with becoming a foster parent. The employee shall also be able to request a temporary leave to care for the child within one year time frame of placement. • Employee may also be eligible if they need to take care of child, spouse, or parent with any type of serious medical condition. • If employee
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