BTX3991 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dp World, Kaftan, Westpac

• School: Monash Caulfield
• Department: Business Law and Taxation
• Course: BTX3991
• Professor: All

Document Summary

A contract between a person (the employee) and another person or organisation (the employer) for the first person to perform work in a subordinate capacity as part of a business or enterprise carried on by the other. Ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374), (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:271)al o(cid:396) (cid:271)oth : normally in writing, the higher skilled a worker gets the lengthier the contract will get. The signing of the contract starts the employment relationship. The common law requirements for a valid employment contract are the same as those applying to other types of contracts. At common law, parties are free to contract with whomever they wish. To be legally enforceable, a contract must have: agreement (offer and acceptance) as to the terms of the contract. Intention to create legal relations: consideration (from each party, usually like wages and time, terms that are certain and complete. Can"t have a contract to do something illegal.