Common Contracts
1 similar null contracts
Employees Contract of Employment and Wrongful Dismissal From ServiceMay 8th, 2023
Contract of employment was long acknowledged as a subject of genuine and voluntary agreement whose construction or determination should be founded on due notice of the parties thereto. Action for wrongful dismissal would lie if an employment was disturbed, interfered or meddled with, in defiance of the rights of the parties under the contract. The objective of this study was, among others, to determine what constituted a valid contract of employment and remedies for wrongful dismissal. The qualitative and documentary method of data collection was adopted by reference to relevant literature and statutory authorities. From the data gathered, and content analyzed, we found that no law could foreclose an employment from determination, nor could an irregular or wrongful dismissal stand. It was recommended, inter alia, that beside the need to repeal the Public Officers (Protection) Act, both the employer and employee should, in their official dealings, respect the sanctity of their contract,
