Given the way the agency worker cases have been proceeding, the employee appears to have founded her case primarily on the length of service with the one client and in practice being treated in a way indistinguishable from council employees; in other words, her position was consistent with
the existence of a contract of employment.
Not exact matches
The effect
of disregarding the
existence of such clauses solely because they appear in an agreement that preceded the formation
of a separate
contract of employment would be to negate the foundations
of, and the rationale for, the obligations
of non-competition and non-solicitation provided for in the clauses, while at the same time discounting the intentions
of the parties.
Such a clause is incompatible with an obligation to provide work personally — a fundamental requisite to the
existence of an
employment contract.
Given the court's finding that minimum Code standards are incorporated by force
of statute into the
employment contract, the
existence of an express or implied term
of the
employment contract requiring overtime to be paid to an FLS was a question
of fact to be determined at trial.
In addition, the trial judge noted the presence
of some inducement in the defendant's recruitment
of the plaintiff and emphasized the
existence of non-competition and non-solicitation clauses in the
employment contract.
With respect to labour law, she focuses on advising her clients on all individual labour law questions, relating to the establishment,
existence and termination
of employment relationships, in particular structuring
of contracts and rights
of termination.
Reference to policy manual: For a policy manual to form a «term»
of employment, it is not enough to refer to the
existence of the company's manual in the
contract.
Company VP Entitled to Litigate His New Jersey Wage Dispute in Court Despite the
Existence of Arbitration Clause in
Employment Contract, New Jersey
Employment Lawyer Blog, May 18, 2017
I have therefore decided, on equitable grounds, that it is well within my remedial authority to restrain and «estopp» the employer or its servants from denying the
existence of an enforceable
employment contract, arising from the Resolution
of July 19th, where the exercise
of good faith and alacrity might have ensured its
existence.
Further, that in light
of the
existence of the statutory remedy for unfair dismissal, parties to an
employment contract are presumed to have intended that remedy would apply to claims within the Johnson exclusion area precluding the common law remedy for breach
of contract.