Health and safety legislation Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting
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Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Business Information Learning Objectives: I will be able to explain the legal and ethical issues relating to the use of business information (Pass) Legal Issues These are various items of legislation (law) to protect the use of business information. Data Protection Act 1998 Many businesses store and use information about people. The Data Protection Act protects information held about people from being misused. The information stored by businesses on databases
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Summarise the key aspects of current Legislation requirements and Codes of Practice relevant to your subject and the type of organisation within which you work In education there are certain Legislation requirements and Codes of Practice that must be abided by. In this essay I will be looking at some of the general Legislation and Codes of Practice; I will also relate this to my specialist area of Physical Education. Legislation requirement is enforced by the courts and is ‘a duty
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There are several pieces of legislation today that play an important role in the safeguarding of children and young people within the care setting. The most well-known of these is the Children’s Act 1989‚ and the revision of it in 2004‚ which includes the Every Child Matter policies. The Children’s Act 1989 came into full force in the latter months of 1991 and introduced several new key principles that included: • The concept of Parental Responsibility; • The ability for unmarried parents to
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Running head: Current Trends Paper: Diversity in Education Current Trends Paper: Diversity in Education Management and Student Achievement Gap S.Duncan University of Phoenix Monday‚ February 20‚ 2006 Current Trends Paper: Diversity in Education Management and Student Achievement Gap For the last two decades the themes of governance and management have continuously been on the top of education policy agendas in most countries. A great number of educational
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other reasons as well like bankruptcy costs‚ agency costs and asymmetric information. Also this paper has tried to explain the trade off theory and it also talks about the firm-specific and country-specific factors of capital structure. Articles Relating to Capital Structure :- There have been lots and lots of study‚ researches‚ arguments‚ and articles written on capital structures as it is one of the wide topics to discuss upon. For an Example‚ If a company sells £40bn pounds in equity and £60bn
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Legislation Unit 2 Health and Safety The health and safety Act (1974) The act sets out the general duties that employers‚ self-employed people and those in control of premises have towards their employees and others who could be affected by the work activities. It also gives the employees the general duty to ensure the health and safety of themselves and each other. This act influences health and safety in sport as it will ensure the regulation of the quality and maintenance of the facilities
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Since its inception‚ minimum wage legislation has been a highly debated topic with controversy surrounding its true effect on the economy. While some economists state that firms can afford to pay a higher minimum wage‚ others argue that a higher minimum wage is detrimental to employees and firms‚ especially small ones. This is because it will result in lower total revenue for the firms eventually causing them to go out of business or it will increase unemployment because firms lay off employees
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The fiscal responsibility legislation has been considered as the fiscal profligacy by all economic experts. New Zealand was the first exemplar of this particular act in the year 1994 and is cited as the country that has had a successful outcome of this law. This Fiscal Responsibility Act has been accepted by many experts as a model‚ and from an economist’s point of view‚ it is conceptually and theoretically elegant. However it is very important to highlight that the enactment was passed by a government
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Critically evaluate legislation in relation to Special Educational Needs and the impact of legislation on practice. Children with any form of disability or additional needs have‚ historically received unequal treatment in education. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ the introduction of compulsory laws began to change the educational opportunities for these children. This essay aims to look at such legislation and how it impacts on today’s practice. What does the term “special educational needs”
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