Employment laws
The government of Manchester airport give out laws that affect both the business and the employees. There are a number of laws in place which provide protection against discrimination in the workplace, and help to ensure that all employees are treated equally, regardless of their gender, race, disability or age. Examples of these are the “sex discrimination act 1975” and the “minimum wage act 1998.”
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 affects the business because it creates equality between both genders. This act can affect the business as it means they can not treat an employee in a way that is unfair due to their gender or marriage. This also means that when the business is hiring an employee, they cannot simply choose one over the other because of their gender or marriage.
The Minimum Wage Act 1998 affects the business as it creates a minimum wage which all employees must receive. This means that the business has to pay each employee a certain amount of pay per hour which makes it more expensive to pay employees wages than before. If they weren’t previously paying the amount the minimum way requires. Before this act, the business could pay their employees whatever amount of pay they wished, per hour, which sometimes was very low in order to save them money. But now the government is trying to make sure everyone receives a liveable amount. It is different amounts for different ages that can change, so the airport needs to keep up to date with any changes that are made to the amount of money they give.
Open Skies Policy
The Open Skies Policy is an international policy that calls for the change of rules and regulations of the international aviation industry in order to create a free-market environment for the airline industry. Its main objective to change the rules for international aviation markets and cut government intervention as it applies to passenger, all-cargo, and for air transportation.
The Open Skies Policy allows airlines to fly to and from country to country but at Manchester airport, the government have prevented this, by saying that it is bad for the airport and it could prevent them by making extra money.
Tax
The VAT increased from 17.5% to 20% in 2011. This affected Manchester airport as they had to pay more money to the government. Also, due to the increase in VAT the passengers to pay extra for a passenger ticket and the passengers do not want to pay a lot of money to fly and this could have decreased the reputation but it may have increased the revenue as more money was coming in.