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Acme Fireworks: Contract Law

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There are times in many entrepreneurs’ lives when the opportunity arises to take their business to the next level, but it’s critical to understand what type of entity would best fit one’s needs before taking that step. The owner of Acme Fireworks started up his company two years from his own home and since its start up, the company has grown efficiently with the employment of more staff and the increase in production to keep business going. The owner is deciding to change the business from a sole proprietorship to a different type of business entity that would suit his company because he has recently received several large demands from various established retailers inquiring about mass producing and selling his fireworks in their stores. The …show more content…

Later on down the road Acme Fireworks can enter into a contract in its own name, but by doing so they can sue or be sued for violating any of the terms within the said contract. With the new contracts in place comes more work, so this means Acme Fireworks will need to hire more employees.
Once the initial orders are completed, the owner’s next concern is if there will be enough work to compensate the new employees hired for the large orders. Determining the employment type in which Acme Fireworks will follow is a major concern. There are two employment types that they can choose from. The first type is an “at-will” employment means that not only can a person be fired for no reason. That employee is not obligated to work for an employer if they don’t want to. They are free to terminate their employment at any time as well. On the contrary, this does not mean that employers can arbitrarily fire employees without good faith communication, fairness, and non-discriminatory practices. The second type is “just-cause” employment, which means that there must be a reason to terminate. There are guidelines for employers to follow such as verbal warnings and write-ups, docked pay and cut hours. When an employer is proving just-cause, they must consider factors such as, if an employee violates company policies, sufficient evidence is found that supports termination and time to research the situation at hand. What sets these two employment types apart from each other is fairness being factored

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