Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
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.
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).
1/ Duties & Responsibilities
2/ Salary
3/ Hours of Work
4/ Probationary Period
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
1/ Health & Safety
2/ Pay & Pensions
3/ Data Protection
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
1/ Pensions
2/ Pay
3/ Employment Rights & 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
1/ Line Manager
2/ Trade Union
External
1/ CAB
2/ Internet
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
They have the expertise & knowledge to help support staff. The information they have will be up to date and relevant
5. Briefly describe employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business environment. You should give at
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.
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).
1/ Duties & Responsibilities
2/ Salary
3/ Hours of Work
4/ Probationary Period
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
1/ Health & Safety
2/ Pay & Pensions
3/ Data Protection
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
1/ Pensions
2/ Pay
3/ Employment Rights & 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
1/ Line Manager
2/ Trade Union
External
1/ CAB
2/ Internet
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
They have the expertise & knowledge to help support staff. The information they have will be up to date and relevant
5. Briefly describe employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business environment. You should give at