1.1 Almost every aspect of employment is covered by one or more laws‚ including: Handling and storage of information Equal opportunities Grievance procedures Health and safety Holiday entitlements Maternity/paternity pay Minimum wage Sickness absence and pay Working time limits Redundancy and retirement 1.2 Employment rights Equality and discrimination Health and Safety Data Protection 1.3 Legislation in relation to employment was created in order to prevent employers from abusing or
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For our media critique assignment‚ my media group chose to review the television show series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. This show is about an elite squad of New York Police Department detectives called the Special Victims Unit who investigate sexually based offenses and crimes. The episode I chose to watch was the third episode from season fifteen and it was titled American Tragedy. Within this episode itself‚ there were many stereotypes present‚ especially about black and white communities
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of uncertainty and financial hardship that a loss of employment brings‚ there’s often feelings of anger and betrayal that rise up in the victim. As a result‚ people who been fired from their job are often drawn to the prospect of legal action against their former employer. Unfortunately for these folks‚ at-will employment is the overriding law of the land. Essentially‚ if your job doesn’t require a written contract‚ you can have your employment terminated for almost any reason at all. However‚ there
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT Definition: Equal Employment Opportunity guaranties employees a fair treatment. This means that employers cannot discriminate against employees on the basis of age‚ race‚ sex‚ creed‚ religion‚ color‚ or national origin. Equal Opportunity applies to employment practices such as hiring‚ upgrading‚ demotion‚ transfer‚ recruitment‚ advertising‚ layoff‚ termination‚ rates of pay or other forms of compensation‚ selection for training‚ job assignments‚ accessibility‚ working
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Lecture 10 1 DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT There have always been certain groups in society that are discriminated against due to prejudices and preconceptions of the people with whom they have to deal. The preconceptions are sometimes verbal but often not‚ and the people holding these preconceptions may well be unaware of the way that they see and judge things and people. The effects of these can be seen in the employment arena. Definition Equal opportunities is an approach to the
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First‚ disaggregated data provide many more degrees of freedom than the decade or so of annual observations associated with the depression‚ and thus may prove helpful in distinguishing macroeconomic explanations. Second‚ disaggregation has revealed aspects of economic behavior hidden in the time series but which may be essential to their proper interpretation and‚ in any case‚ are worthy of study in their own right. Although the substantive findings of recent research are too new to judge their permanent
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Employment Responsibilities and Rights Outcome 1: 1. Some of the main aspects covered by law in employment: * Equal Payment 1970 * Race Relations Act 1976 * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Employment Rights Act 1995 * Human Rights Act 1998 * National Minimum Wage 1998 * Employment and Equality Act 2010 2. Main features of current employment legislation The Health and Safety at Work Act requires a safe working environment for everyone in the work setting. There is usually a Health
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As a small business owner‚ do you feel there’s room for improvement in your background checking program? Do you find it difficult to apply current employment laws to your situation? If so‚ here are some reasons that an employment screening company could solve your pre-hire issues: Criminal background checks: As an employer‚ you have the duty to make sure that your employees pose no foreseeable risks to others. Adding personnel without performing due diligence can open your firm up to negligent hiring
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introduction of union in Singapore‚National Trade Union Congress (NTUC)‚ and analyse the existing strategies and positive aspects thathave been implemented to improve the union membership especially for the Generation Y. About Unions in Singapore NTUC isa central trade union organization in Singapore (Chia 2008) which comprises 60 affiliated unions‚ 1 affiliated taxi association‚ 14 social enterprises‚ 5 related organisations. “NTUC ’s objectives are to help Singapore stay competitive and workers remain
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Outsourcing Jobs Outsourcing is a lucrative option for many industrial and manufacturing companies‚ but the repercussions affect more than just profit margins. Many companies expand their reach to lesser developed countries in hopes of cutting down costs on overhead and employee wages. These companies do not take into account that‚ while doing so‚ they have a negative impact on unemployment ratings‚ the foundation of one-income households‚ contribute to the decimation of manufacturing based towns
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