Question: Identify and comment on the issues arising from the following scenario. Curly Sue works at the Lux Emporium as a gymnastic entertainer. Included in her

Identify and comment on the issues arising from the following scenario.

Curly Sue works at the Lux Emporium as a gymnastic entertainer. Included in her contract for employment is a clause stating that the Emporium does not take responsibility for injury caused by unauthorized tricks. Curly asks the manager about this provision in the contract and he replies "this only applies when fire is used in the performance". Also included in her contract are these clauses:

The entertainer is to keep fit and attend weekly practice sessions.

The entertainer will be paid 60% of profits from ticket sales.

The employer is to provide the entertainer with two medical and one dental visit per annum. The performances are making Lux so much money the manager tells her that she needs to come up with new tricks. A week later Curly decides to try a new trick with magnifiers, the heat from the stage lights and magnifiers cause the stage curtains catch on fire. The curtain then fell on Curly where she sustained get 2nddegree burns and a minor concussion. The manager of Lux Emporium, while visiting Curly at the hospital, told her that she is in breach of her contract and is fired.

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