Agency/ Employee Relationships.
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Agency/ Employee Relationships.
The girl in the office in the office is the agent, Felix is the third party while Sclafani, is the Principal. The Principal is liable for breaking the contract agreement. Sclafani is being shown here as the disclosed Principal. The Contract of agency constitutes a principal and an agent. In this case, a third party by the name Felix agreed with a disclosed principal called Sclafani, who is legally responsible for the Contract as he signed the agreement since the Contract had Sclfani’s signature on it.
The authority exhibited, in this case, is that of Ratification and express authority. An agent has an implied authority that overrides the express authorization. Sclafani alleges that He did not authorize the office worker to sign and fax the credit application back to Felix. Apparent authority is established when the Principal leads a reasonably prudent person to believe that an agent can act justifiably. Even though the office worker had no authority to sign the credit agreement, she is still liable. Sclafani can be found liable in the court of law under contract violation. Nevertheless, if Felix knew that the office worker did not have the authority to sign the credit agreement on Sclafani’s behalf, Sclafani and the office worker would not be held liable.
The New York Times article handles issues related to labor laws and relations between employee and employer. Caldwell, an employee at a MacDonald restaurant, is prematurely fired from his job to engage in union activities. The employer embellishes Caldwell’s termination, which indicates misconduct, and employers tend to evade their contractual obligations. I find this article interesting as it touches on employees’ rights to unionize for the protection of their rights. The article is in line with our weekly test material as it talks of agent/principal relationships interrelation to contact agreements. In this particular case, the agent is Miss Caldwell, and the Principal is the employer- McDonald. When employees are hired, they get into contact with the employer to protect their rights during their employment period. The company violated Caldwell’s employment contact by initiating wrongful termination; hence, it was liable in the law court.
References
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/19/magazine/labor-law-unions.html