Protecting staff through legislation

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Understand how equal pay and minimum wage laws affect business

Understand the laws against discrimination at work and during recruitment

Understand employment rights of workers

Understand health and safety laws

A minority of small businesses will treat staff unfairly; to protect them is the legislation Act.

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Equal Pay Act – Created in 1970 the equal pay act means a person of a different sex cannot be paid less simply because they are a girl/boy.  An example of this is football; premiership football players get paid well over £500,000 yet the players on the girl’s team only get paid a fraction of it. If the owner of a company is doing this he/she would be breaking the laws.

Minimum Wage Act – Only enforced 11 years ago, the minimum wage act was made as many companies were taking advantage of people needing jobs and paying them a ...

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