Explain and give examples of how employees are safeguarded by employment law.

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                Waseem Hussain

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Explain and give examples of how employees are safeguarded by employment law

Employees in a business like Boots need to be safeguarded. If they were not safeguarded then the employees may think it is not a good work place. In this case they would leave the business. Therefore Boots has a leaflet showing to the employees what kind of things they don’t accept. For example:

Race relation Act

Disability discrimination Act

Sex discrimination Act

Employment Rights Act

The Race relations act is to protect all the different races and cultures. For example if Boots called two different races to an interview, people cannot be treated differently or favorably because of their background or religion. There are two types of racist act, these are known as indirect and direct. Indirect is when a company might say no Japanese can apply because of their language. Direct racism is when a company might say no red people can apply.

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The disability discrimination act is that you can’t discriminate other people because of their disability. Businesses must provide facilities for the disabled people who apply to work in businesses. Things like:

  • Lifts
  • Ramps
  • Disability car parks
  • Disability toilets
  • Automatic doors

This would then please the customers at Boots and other businesses. In this case there is an even chance of more people to be employed. An example of what wouldn’t be allowed that was to do with disability discrimination is. If there was a disabled person wanting to work in Boots they ...

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