29th November 2006, 04:27 PM
There is not much in practice that an employer (or would-be employer!) can do about an individual who reneges on an agreement to commence employment, or indeed an existing employee who walks out, perhaps refusing to honour a notice period. This is basically because nobody can be obliged to work for another (tantamount to slavery). In theory the injured party (the employer) can sue the individual under contract law but it's nigh impossible to show loss, or worth the expense/effort. In some cases the employer can sue the "other" employer but this tends to apply to footballers and managers.
I stand to be corrected but I believe this to be the case not so long ago, but employment law (as oppsed to contract law) changes twice nightly these days.
Yes, a (written) contract exists from the moment of posting (or it did when I studied it an unspecified number of years ago).
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
I stand to be corrected but I believe this to be the case not so long ago, but employment law (as oppsed to contract law) changes twice nightly these days.
Yes, a (written) contract exists from the moment of posting (or it did when I studied it an unspecified number of years ago).
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.