business and administration unit 1
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).
Four main points that would be included in a contract of employment:
Employer's name: The name of the business you will be working for. (The restaurant group - Chiquito)
Main place of work: This is usually the employer's address or it can be the address of where the employee has to work from. (20-21 Leicester Square WC2H 7LE)
Working hours: This part contains the amount of hours per week you must work. (40/week)
Duties and responsibilities: This is a short description about the role and duties you required to do.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Pay and pension
Data protection: there are 8 principles for employers to follow e.g. personal data must be processed lawfully and used for limited purposes.
Health and safety
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Pay: there are so many legislations about employee pay, for example protection of women for being paid fairly or the National Minimum Wage.
Data protection: employees must know their personal data cannot be divulged to a third party and it has to be relevant and not exaggerated.
Employment rights and responsibilities
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 sources of employment rights and responsibilities can be found within an organisation:
Line managers can give information
Human Resource department
Trade union representatives
External sources of employment rights and responsibilities are found outside the organisation:
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 that would be included in a contract of employment:
Employer's name: The name of the business you will be working for. (The restaurant group - Chiquito)
Main place of work: This is usually the employer's address or it can be the address of where the employee has to work from. (20-21 Leicester Square WC2H 7LE)
Working hours: This part contains the amount of hours per week you must work. (40/week)
Duties and responsibilities: This is a short description about the role and duties you required to do.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Pay and pension
Data protection: there are 8 principles for employers to follow e.g. personal data must be processed lawfully and used for limited purposes.
Health and safety
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Pay: there are so many legislations about employee pay, for example protection of women for being paid fairly or the National Minimum Wage.
Data protection: employees must know their personal data cannot be divulged to a third party and it has to be relevant and not exaggerated.
Employment rights and responsibilities
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 sources of employment rights and responsibilities can be found within an organisation:
Line managers can give information
Human Resource department
Trade union representatives
External sources of employment rights and responsibilities are found outside the organisation: