Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment

Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment

Assessment

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Name: Parbati Gurung

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).

Employers name
Employees name
Main place of work
Duties and responsibilities

2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.

Pay and pensions
Data protection
Health and safety

2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees in a business environment.

Pay and pensions
Health and safety
Employment rights and responsibilities






3. Identify a range of places where a person can find information on employment rights and responsibilities. You should identify at least two internal and two external sources of information.

A person can find information on employment rights and responsibilities from various sources like:
Internal source: such as line managers, colleagues, books and documents held within an organisation
External source: such as library, schools, citizen bureau, government, legal professionals etc

4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.

In an workplace,...