Rights and Responsibilities
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: Devrise Akdenizli
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).
There are more than four main points that would be included in a contract of employment, of course name of employer and employee, Work Hours and Job Title. Most important would be: 1. Duties and Responsibilities 2. Salary (per Hour/ Annual) 3. Main place of work 4. Pension
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. 1. Health and Safety- All employers have the statutory to take care of the health and safety of all employees. E.g. First aid facilities, drinking water, toilets, cleanliness, machinery etc... 2. Pay and Pension- Since 2012 the government changed the pension scheme as there aren’t a lot of people saving and put everyone on the stakeholders pension scheme. On the other hand employees that are working the same hours and are either male or female are now getting the same pay, Act 2010 to protect women from
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: Devrise Akdenizli
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).
There are more than four main points that would be included in a contract of employment, of course name of employer and employee, Work Hours and Job Title. Most important would be: 1. Duties and Responsibilities 2. Salary (per Hour/ Annual) 3. Main place of work 4. Pension
2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. 1. Health and Safety- All employers have the statutory to take care of the health and safety of all employees. E.g. First aid facilities, drinking water, toilets, cleanliness, machinery etc... 2. Pay and Pension- Since 2012 the government changed the pension scheme as there aren’t a lot of people saving and put everyone on the stakeholders pension scheme. On the other hand employees that are working the same hours and are either male or female are now getting the same pay, Act 2010 to protect women from