Business Case Study: New Look At A New Company

New Look is a company with over 18,493 employees worldwide as of 2017 but vacancies can occur. There is a number of reasons why people would leave the company one of which being that they simply get a better job that suits them more. If someone is not happy with their contract hours they could leave to get more hours as New Look only have a certain amount of contracts with higher hours to offer. Students tend to be on 4-hour contracts and at certain times of the year like January can be hard to get more hours resulting in them wanting to find somewhere with a larger contract. If someone leaves on maternity or someone is sick for a short amount of time New Look do not get new staff in they use the staff they already have and make them work more
The manager will hold the interviews, seeing numerous amounts of people in the day and after the interview has been held they send the applicant home and tell them to wait for a phone call. If the applicant has been successful they will phone them within a week and then from there a start date is arranged. New Look does not advertise for general sales assistants online but employ them from CV’s that have been handed into the store. Online they do advertise for supervisors and managers. If you are wanting a supervisor or manager job you can apply online from the New Look website which will cost more and take more time as they have to filter through the applications but they can see the people’s skills and it makes it easier for applicants to apply. It is cheaper for people to hand their CV in this takes less time as they can read through the application and call them if they feel that it is right.
Aldi is a supermarket company with over 32,000 employees in the UK alone but they are a nationwide store. The reason vacancy occurs are similar to New Look, people may not like the hours which can be mostly weekends and no set days which could be a problem for families that are wanting weekends together. There are many reports of old employees complaining that the targets are too high and the environment is too stressful and fast-paced for them so if someone is older they may not like this
This act also provides restrictions on the lengths of nightshifts, rest periods and annual leave of four weeks. The employers have to keep records of how many hours an employee has worked. If employees have a problem they should be dealt with through the ACAS (Attribution, Conciliation and Advisory service) they help employees with information regarding time off, rest breaks and general information. More formal enforcement responsibilities are split between HSE, The Civil Aviation Authority and other services. I found a case about the European Commission who brought action against the UK government over its implementation of the EU directive on working time. The ECJ ruled that the UK had failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive, the implication of this was that the government should amend the offending parts of the