Health and safety 3. Employment rights and responsibilities 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment. [1.2] Three key points of legislation that affect employees are: 1. Pay 2. The Equality Act 2010 3.
3. Briefly outline why employment law exists Employment law exists to protect the employers and employees in the work environment. The law states that employees have legal rights as stated in their contract of employment. The employers must act upon these contract agreements. Task B Your work role For this task you will need the following: • A copy of your contract of employment or employment agreement.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment. There are many legislations affecting the employee, the three main points covered are 1. Pension, 2. Pay 3. Employment rights and responsibilities.
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment Section 1: Rights and responsibilities at work This section will help you to evidence Learning Outcome 1: Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). Four main points in a standard would be: • Employer’s name whether he is a physical person or a company • Employee’s name so that both parties entering in a contract are named • Job title and maybe a brief description of the responsibilities and duties that the employee must assume • Hours of work whether it is full time, part time or 0 hours contract it still needs to be mentioned. 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
• Rate and date of pay. • Hours of work. 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. • Data Protection Act 1998.
• Health and safety Act • Data protection Act • Pay and pensions 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment. • Pay and pensions • Rights and responsibilities • Health and safety Act 3. Identify a range of places where a person can find information on employment rights and responsibilities. You should identify at least two internal and two external sources of information. • Internal: Line manager Trade union representatives Documents
Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). • Employers name • Employees name • Salary • Date of commencement of work 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. • Health and safety • Data Protection • Pay and pensions 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment. • Pay • Pensions • Employment rights and responsibilities 3.
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment Section 1: Rights and responsibilities at work This section will help you to evidence Learning Outcome 1: Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer |Learning objective |Place in Assessment | |1.1 Identify the main points of contracts of employment |Question 1 Page 1 | |1.2 Identify the main points of legislation affecting employers and employees |Question 2 Page 2 | |1.3 Identify where to find information on employment rights and responsibilities both |Question 3 Page 3 | |internally and externally | | |1.4 Describe how representative bodies can support the employee |Question 4 Page 3 | |1.5 Identify employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business |Question 5 Page 3 | |environment | | |1.6 Explain the benefits of making sure equality and diversity procedures are followed in a |Question 6 Page 3 | |business environment | | 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your
Recording, Analysing and using HR information Unit 3RAI (HR) Activity 1 Two Reasons Why Organisations Need To Collect HR Data 1) Organisations need to collect Human Resources (HR) data to comply with legislative and regulatory requirements such as equal opportunities monitoring, equal pay audits, recruitment planning, assessing skills balance, minimum wage, working time directive and health and safety. 2) Organisations also keep information records on training and performance for employees, this enables the management team to assess each individual employee for productivity and possibly identify training needs. By doing this the management team can assess the productivity within the business. Two Types of Data Collected and How Each Supports HR Practices 1) Statutory Records – Such as tax, national insurance contributions, sickness and SSP, hours worked, accident book and the right to work in the UK. These types of records ensure that the HR department is compliant to all of the regulatory requirements.
The classical approach includes scientific, administrative, and bureaucratic management.” According to the course reading scientific management focuses on the best way to the job. Administrative management focus is the manager & basic managerial function. Bureaucractic management focus is on the guidelines structuring with formalization of rules, procedures and a clear division of labor” (Bateman &Snell, 2010). The second approach is the behavioral approach it stresses the understanding and significance of the employee needs and their attitude towards the organization. You can see this function in action the way the employee works as a team, the way they communicate openly, and the way the job is designed by managers.