Unit One: Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment
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:
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).
Place of Work,
Employees Name,
Job Title,
Start Date.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Health and Safety,
Equality,
Data Protection.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Health and Safety,
Pay and pensions,
Employee 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: Line Managers, Employee Handbook.
External: Citizens Advice Bureau, Library.
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
Representative bodies can help by giving advice, support and guidance on all sorts of matters such as Health and Safety, Pay and Pensions, Redundancy and Wage related issues. They also provide support in disciplinary action or if the employee is
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:
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).
Place of Work,
Employees Name,
Job Title,
Start Date.
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Health and Safety,
Equality,
Data Protection.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.
Health and Safety,
Pay and pensions,
Employee 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: Line Managers, Employee Handbook.
External: Citizens Advice Bureau, Library.
4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.
Representative bodies can help by giving advice, support and guidance on all sorts of matters such as Health and Safety, Pay and Pensions, Redundancy and Wage related issues. They also provide support in disciplinary action or if the employee is