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  2. 6 Tips for Handling a Bad Contractor in 2025 - AOL

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    Here’s a useful tip: If you’re uncertain about whether something qualifies as poor workmanship, consider bringing in another licensed contractor for an inspection. Their assessment can provide ...

  3. Legal recourse - Wikipedia

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    A legal recourse is an action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty. A lawsuit if the issue is a matter of civil law Contracts that require mediation or arbitration before a dispute can go to court

  4. Negligence in employment - Wikipedia

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    The principle is that the acts of an agent of the company are assumed, by law, to be the acts of the company itself, provided the tortfeasor was acting within the course of his employment. By contrast, each of the above negligence theories requires proof of actual negligence on part of the employer before the injury occurred, for example when ...

  5. Workers' compensation - Wikipedia

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    Workers' compensation statutes are intended to eliminate the need for litigation and the limitations of common law remedies by having employees give up the potential for pain- and suffering-related awards in exchange for not being required to prove tort (legal fault) on the part of their employer. The laws provide employees with monetary awards ...

  6. Your Job Isn't What The Employer Promised: Is That Illegal? - AOL

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    Months later, my employer changed my title without asking me and made me work in a role that I neither wanted nor was qualified for. I wouldn't have left my prior job for the newly changed job title.

  7. Legal remedy - Wikipedia

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    The type of legal remedies to be applied in specific cases depend on the nature of the wrongful act and its liability. [1] In international human rights law, there is a right to an effective remedy. In the legal system of the United States, there exists a traditional form of judicial remedies that serve to combat juror biases caused by news ...

  8. Labor rights - Wikipedia

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    The British Parliament passed the Factory Act 1833 which stated that children under the age of 9 could not work, children aged 9–13 could only work 8 hours a day, and children aged 14–18 could only work for 12 hours a day. [1] Labor rights are a relatively new addition to the modern corpus of human rights.

  9. Wrongful dismissal - Wikipedia

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    In law, wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer, where the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision or rule in employment law.