Annual leave All full-time employees have the legal right to a minimum of 20 days paid holidays a year also part-time and temporary employees must by law be treated in the same way.
Maternity leave Pregnant women automatically qualify for maternity leave for a minimum of 26 weeks.
Notice and termination There is a minimum amount of notice that the employer has to provide if the contract is terminated. This allows him to find another job or for his employer to replace him.
Redundancy This is a situation where a person is dismissed because there is no work for them to do. In law, redundancy must be fair.
Union Membership If a trade union is recognised by the employer ,then all employees have the right to join or the right to refuse
paternity leave Most working fathers can take up to 2 weeks paid leave following the birth of their partner’s baby.
The following are the employment legislation in a selected organisation:
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 This Act protects people with disability against discrimination in employment, when obtaining goods and services, buying or renting land and gaining access to business premises.
Employment Act 2002 This Act introduced “family friendly policies” and the right to request flexible hours, outlawed discrimination against temporary workers and also covered the ways in which disputes should be resolved at work.
Employment Rights Act 1996 This act gave all employees the right to a written contract within two months of starting work. Maternity leave and also the right to “opt out” of Sunday working.
Equal Pay Act 1970 This act aimed to stop women gets paid a lower rate of pay than men even if they were doing the same job. Nowadays, if a woman believes that she is being paid less than a man she can make a claim in certain situations.
Health and safety at work Act 1974 This act applies to all work premises. Anyone on the premises is covered by and has responsibilities under the act, whether employees, supervisors, directors or visitors.
National minimum wage Act 1998 All employers must pay a minimum hourly wage to workers over the age of 18 regardless of where they work also the size of the firm or the worker’s occupation
Race Relations Act 1976 This act makes it unlawful for anyone to be discriminated against or harassed on grounds of colour , race , nationality or ethnic origin
Sex discrimination Act 1975 This act makes it illegal for anyone to be directly or indirectly discriminated against or harassed on grounds of gender.
Working time Regulations 1998 Under these regulations employees can only be asked to work a maximum of 48 working hours per week, averaged over a 17 week period unless they are in an exempt occupation.
The terms and condition of employment in a selected organisation is vital because anyone who works for an employer for more than one month must be given details of their terms and conditions of employment in writing. For example this is the terms and conditions for McDonald’s:
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Merit 1
Writing contracts should be worded clearly to avoid any misunderstanding, also the job description should be easy to follow so the employee can show flexibility in their job role. Terms and conditions of employments are important because it shows the employer and the employee clearly the rights and the responsibilities for each on of the people who work in the organization and to make sure that everything in the environment is safe and fair. Terms and conditions are related to the hours of work e.g. normal hours, overtime, expected out of hours work. for example if the employer asked the employee to do something that is not written in the contract, then the employee will have the right not to do the job because it’s not written on the agreement document.
Terms and conditions allow the employer to specify an employee’s duties and responsibilities so an employee knows exactly what is expected from them.
Terms and conditions are mainly important about safety for the employer and the employee.
Distinction 1
A contract of employment contains express terms that you must not breach but there are other things you and your employer must and must not do that are supposed to be so obvious they do not need to be written down . Theses are known as implied terms and condition of employment which are summarised below.
Implied terms and condition of employment
The employee
All employees have the following responsibilities even if they are not expressly stated in the contract of employment;
Comply with all the terms of contract
Follow health and Safety regulations
Comply with other laws related to their work
In addition, the employer can expect the employee to:
Take reasonable care of the employer’s property
Not disclose confidential information
Behave responsibly towards other people at work
The employer
All employers have the following responsibilities:
Provide a safe working environment
Provide appropriate training
Allow employees access to confidential records kept on them.
The employee can also expect the employer to:
Treat them reasonably
Never ask them to do anything that is illegal
Give them the opportunity to participate in and be consulted on company matters that would directly affect them.
Pass 4:
Working practices are developed with combined talents and efforts of all the staff. This includes an organisational structure that enables everyone to contribute to achieving identified targets plus effective team working and staff who understand their won role and contribution to the enterprise. All organisations need some type of structures to operate productively.
Merit 2
This is an organisation chart for Tesco
This is an organisational chart for Holiday Villa hotel
The difference between the two organisation are one of them is a hotel and the other one is a Tesco which is a retail shop. Tesco has a store director and store manager while Holiday villa hotel has a general manager and assistant manager. The difference between this two organisations are one has a Personal manager; in the other hand the hotel has front office. The similarities are that they both have a security manager. These different sectors all work together to make the business run smoothly.
Merit 3
Team working is important to the two organisations because each person knows his own role and how it fits in with others. Also the teams have complementary skills and work in harmony. They do not get in each other’s way or hold each other up they also work to achieve a common objective as quickly and professionally as possible. Employees at all levels contribute to the work of an organisation through effective team work and positive personal attributes.
Personal attributes are important to the two organisations because many of the implied terms involves the personal attributes of an employee such as honesty, behaving responsibly and observing confidentially. These are so important that many organisations also include them in express clauses too, to make sure there are no misunderstandings. These are the main attributes that a business will expect its employees to have:
Personal attributes
Honesty
Courtesy
Personal presentation
Following instructions
Punctuality and time planning
Written communication skills
Observing confidentially
Verbal communication skills
Distinction 2
The advantages of having different personal attributes in a team are that different staff members can bring different skills in a team such as Following instructions, honesty and written communication skills. The benefits of having theses skills in a team is because readjusting the way you work to fit in with other people, using other people’s strengths effectively and supporting them if there are any weaknesses. For example when we had to take part in a business enterprise project, every team member had their own responsibilities to achieve their aims and objectives. Some of us had good verbal communication skills and some had good presentation skills. We used all the skills to make this team work well and complete all our tasks.
The disadvantages of having different personal attributes in a team are that members of the team may argue and conflict with their views. For example when I worked in Tesco express. One of the store assistant’s could not communicate with the team and this has led to misunderstanding and arguments within the team. Also in my Business enterprise project, our team had a lot of arguments and misunderstandings about what to sell. There was some members in the team were not punctual and didn’t turn up to the team meeting.
Personal attributes and team working contributes to working practices by every team member have their own special skill to help their team with their overall goals. Problems can occur but overall having different skills within the team can solve problems and issues.
Pass 5
Strengths:
I am good at developing skills and I have a good knowledge of ICT and Algebra. I am also good at languages for example Arabic and French as I have achieved good grades in these subjects.
Weaknesses:
I am not good at English subject but I am trying really hard to improve at this subject and also I get distracted easily in class.
Opportunities:
With the good grades I am going to achieve , I am able to do A-levels with high confidence in these four subjects ( Maths , Business Studies , ICT , French ) .
Threats:
I might get distracted easily by things like hobbies and friends which might stop me from working very hard next year.
Long term goals:
My long term goal is to be a doctor in the future and I will achieve that by working towards attainting the required grades in college or six forms and also by having good knowledge in science.
Short term goals:
In the next two months, I will be looking for a summer job to gain experience and also to gain some money to save up for university. About my weaknesses, I will be reading and studying the English subject everyday for at least 1 hour and a half. Also my English teacher will be supporting me and helping me to achieve a high grade in English.
Development Experiences:
I would like to undergo to develop the areas that I am weak at which are my communications and listening skills.
Education and Training:
I will be attending English Saturday’s school to improve my weaknesses in this area. Also I will be studying four hours everyday to improve my knowledge.