Business and Admin
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
Assessment
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Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
Name:Brian Wearmouth
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).
4 main items to be included on a contract of employment are :-
The employer's name (or company name)
The employee's name
The job title
The expected hours of work
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Health and safety
Employment rights and responsibilities
Data protection
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Health and safety
Minimum wage
Equality
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 Your employer or workmates
External Citizens advice or trade unions
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
These representative bodies can be supportive for many reasons including mediation in disputes,(because most negotiations occur in an office environment one
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment. The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk Then work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number.
Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
Name:Brian Wearmouth
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).
4 main items to be included on a contract of employment are :-
The employer's name (or company name)
The employee's name
The job title
The expected hours of work
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Health and safety
Employment rights and responsibilities
Data protection
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Health and safety
Minimum wage
Equality
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 Your employer or workmates
External Citizens advice or trade unions
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
These representative bodies can be supportive for many reasons including mediation in disputes,(because most negotiations occur in an office environment one