Current Labor/Employment Legal Event

Current Labor/Employment Legal Event

Introduction

From the conceptual point of view strictly defined or conceived dismissal under the scope of labor law or labor law as termination, completion or termination of the employment relationship by the employer unilaterally promoted in this regard is the will of the party employer which causes rupture or breakdown of the employment relationship that results in the termination of the employment contract. Therefore the contract of employment regardless of their nature, whether it be a contract of employment for an indefinite period or indefinite contracts subject a mode (also known as fixed-term contracts, temporary or specific) or a contract on a part time basis. It should be noted that the act giving rise to the dismissal, whether justifiably or unjustifiably, is the decision itself or will of the employer (Harold & Elizabeth, 2004).

In this paper we aim to discuss about one of the legal events that occurred in the year 2011.

Case: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

The case "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes" was recently decided by the Supreme Court United States of America. It is the most colossal collective action on civil rights ever recorded in that country. The dispute dealt with alleged practices gender discrimination in the workplace. The lawsuit was filed against "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. "U.S. multinational capital endowed with imposing scale in the retail market in the world (www.lawmemo.com). The premise brought a group of employees of that firm through a class action. Through this mechanism procedure, which allows one or more people to sue on behalf of other low a single claim, pursued it-in his name also deemed represented one significant universe of other co-workers who, equally with plaintiffs have suffered ill effects proportional following the act argued discriminatory conduct perpetrated by the "Wal-Mart Stores Inc."

Claim

The plaintiffs claimed that ...