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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).
- Employer’s name, Employee’s name
- Main place of work
- Job title, Date of commencement
- Duties and responsabilities
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
- Health and Safety
- Data protection
- Pay and Pension
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
- Pension
- Pay
- Employment rights and resposabilities
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 Managers -Personnel specialists
External: - Libraries - Government, Citizen Advice Bureau
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
One of the best known example of representative bodies are Trade Unions. They can offer assistance through work based representatives and can help employees in