Business Law: Case Studies and Legal Concepts

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
CASE STUDY 1..............................................................................................................................3
CASE STUDY 2..............................................................................................................................5
CASE STUDY 3..............................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The term business law refers to the laws that defines how to create and operate the
business. It involves all the laws that govern how to establish, manage, run or sell any type of
business (Carey, 2018). The Report is based on three case studies. First case study is related with
PSS that deals in manufacturing and sales of household equipments. Second case study outline
that PSS made overtime compulsory for all employee's and third case study is related with
negligence essential requirements, funding options etc.
CASE STUDY 1
Discrimination equality act 2010 -
The term discrimination means treating individuals in unfair manner. The Equality Act
2010 protects people from discrimination by employer, organizations that provide products or
services, public bodies like local authorities etc (Cope and Kalantzis, eds., 2016). In given case
study, the employer of PSS has offer the job to male on the basis of gender is informal in the
eyes of law. It is considered as unlawful discrimination. In this case, Kane's wife who has also
applied for the same position can take an action at an employment tribunal. The major remedies
available to plaintiff is that they will receive damages as a compensation for injuries to the
feelings. They are also having right of injunction.
Environmental protection act 1990 -
The Environmental Protection Act, 1930 is the act of parliament of United Kingdom
which is related with controlling the waste and developing provision for the management of
rising pollution from industrial activities (Deakin and et.al, 2015). In the given case study,
employee of firm is dismissed on the basis that organization is shutting its highest level emission
releasing plant that causes serious pollution. Criminal proceedings for the offence under the Act
may be initiated by the relevant authority like Environment Agency of England and Wales,
sewage authority, local authority etc. Maximum fine that may be imposed on the organization in
Magistrates Court is £20,000. As per the act, the employer will be liable to pay fine not more
than $25000 or imprisonment for the term not more than 1 year. Compensation will be paid to
either government or to individual who has been affected by the offence.
Redundancy-
Rebundancy Payments Act, 1965 is the act passed by parliament of UK that introduced
the principle that after certain period of work individuals have right to severance payment in the