Final Match

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CHAPTER 12

• Final Match

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Requirements for an Enforceable Contract

• Offer
• Acceptance
• Consideration

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Parties to the Contract

• Employee
• Independent Contractor
• Third Parties

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Form of the Contract

• Written
• Oral

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More Related to Contracts

• Disclaimers
• Contingencies
• Reneging
• Other Employment Contract Sources (Handbooks)
• Unfulfilled Promises

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Job Offers

• Applicant Attraction Strategies
• Starting Date
• Duration of Contract
• Compensation Starting Pay-Flat Rate,
  Differential rates, Pay Incentives and Bonuses
• Benefits

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Job Offer Content (Cont.)

• Hours
• Special Hiring Inducements Hiring Bonuses,
  Relocation Assistance, Hot Skill Premiums,
  Severance Packages
• Restriction on Employees (confidentiality
  clauses)
• Acceptance Terms
• Sample Job Offer Letter

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Job Offer Process

• 1. Formulation of the Job offer
• -knowledge of competitors
• -applicant truthfulness
• -likely reactions of offer receivers
• -policies on negotiations and initial offers
• (lowball, competitive, best shot)

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• 2. Presentation of job offer (mechanical
  approach, sales approach)
• 3. Job offer Acceptance and Rejection
• 4. Reneging

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New Employee Orientation and Socialization

• Orientation
• Socialization (Content, Delivery)

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Legal Issues

• Authorization to Work
• Negligent Hiring
• Employment-at-Will