Unit One: Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment, Business and Administration
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
Assessment
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• 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
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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. Name of the parties. (Employer’s and employee’s name)
2. Date of commencement of employment.
3. Job title with description of duties and responsibilities.
4. Salary.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
1. Health and safety. -Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 2. Data protection. -The Data Protection Act 1998 3. Pay and Pensions.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
1. Pay. -The Equality Act 2010 -The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 2. Pension. -From 2012 pension will undergo substantial change. 3. Employment right 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: -Line managers. -Trade union
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. Name of the parties. (Employer’s and employee’s name)
2. Date of commencement of employment.
3. Job title with description of duties and responsibilities.
4. Salary.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
1. Health and safety. -Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 2. Data protection. -The Data Protection Act 1998 3. Pay and Pensions.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
1. Pay. -The Equality Act 2010 -The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 2. Pension. -From 2012 pension will undergo substantial change. 3. Employment right 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: -Line managers. -Trade union