Employment and Labor Laws

Employment or labor laws have been developed to facilitate smooth relationship between employers and employees. Employment laws provide rules and regulations that should govern both the employer and the employees in their places of work. Employment laws discuss issues related to child labor, wages and salaries, retirement, working conditions, compensations, incentives and employment benefits among others. The major objective is to ensure the employer does not exploit the employee and on the other hand, the employee honors the terms and conditions of the job as presented by the employer.

The case of Mckee verses Reids Heritage Homes is a good illustration on the issues related to employment law. McKee was a 64 year old sales manager in her own incorporated business Nu Home Consulting Services. Through this business McKee sold some houses on behalf of Reids Heritage Homes, the defendant. Later on McKee entered into a sale and advertising agreement with Reids Heritage Homes on behalf of Nu Home Consulting Services. In this agreement Reids Heritage homes was to supply sixty nine homes for Nu home Consulting Services to sell for a fixed commission.

Reids Heritage Homes continued to supply Nu Home Consulting Services with the houses for sale but a third party performed the advertisement. Reids Heritage Homes made McKee the Sales Manager and as the business expanded McKee hired sales agents to assist her. Reids Heritage Homes was paying commission to Nu Home Consulting Services on the number of houses it sold. Nu home used some of the commission to pay the sales agents. Reids Heritage homes later hired a new Corporate Sales Manager and took McKee and the sales agents as mere employees. The Corporate Sales Manager was to give McKee on...

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