Unit One: Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment

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Section 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). • Name • Job Title – As you can see from mine, there is a conflict between the title and the description. My role has changed since I started. • Place of Work • Wage 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. • Health & Safety • Employment Rights & Responsibility • Pay & Pension 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment. • Data Protection • Health & Safety • Pay & Pension 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 • Internal – Books and documentation held within the organisation • External – ACAS • External – CAB 4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees. Representative bodies support employees through work based representatives. They can help and support employees with tribunals and health and safety matters. The most common help representatives give employees is pay rises. 5. Identify employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business environment. You should give at least two employer responsibilities and two employee responsibilities. If possible, provide relevant equality and diversity procedures from your workplace (or place of study) to support your answer. These documents should be annotated to highlight the relevant sections. • Employers – To ensure all employees understand equality and diversity,
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