Vision2 Learn Business Unit 1
Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
Assessment
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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).
• Name of the company that the new employee will be working for • Job title • salary • working hours
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Legislation in place affects employees and employers alike. Examples of legislation that would affect an employer would be:
- Data protection i.e. In Thomas cook we are unable to give out details of someone’s holiday unless that person is travelling and there can be huge fines etc for the organisation if this is broken. - Discrimination, an organisation can not discriminate against someone because of there Sex, Marital / civil partnership status, A person's disability, Race, Age, Sexual orientation or Religion/belief - National minimum wage/ equal pay this was put in place to protect the employee from being exploited and underpaid but this will affect the employers due to managing cost and if this law is broken then there are strict punishments in place such as big fines.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in
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.
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).
• Name of the company that the new employee will be working for • Job title • salary • working hours
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Legislation in place affects employees and employers alike. Examples of legislation that would affect an employer would be:
- Data protection i.e. In Thomas cook we are unable to give out details of someone’s holiday unless that person is travelling and there can be huge fines etc for the organisation if this is broken. - Discrimination, an organisation can not discriminate against someone because of there Sex, Marital / civil partnership status, A person's disability, Race, Age, Sexual orientation or Religion/belief - National minimum wage/ equal pay this was put in place to protect the employee from being exploited and underpaid but this will affect the employers due to managing cost and if this law is broken then there are strict punishments in place such as big fines.
2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in