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Welcome and Introduction How to use this Workbook 1 Statutory Rights and Responsibilities 1.1 Contracts of Employment 1.2 Anti-Discrimination 1.3 Age Discrimination 1.4 Disability Discrimination 1.5 Working Hours, Rest Breaks and Holiday Entitlements 1.6 Maternity/Paternity, Parental and Adoption Leave 1.7 Absence and Sickness 1.8 Data Protection and Access to Personal Information 1.9 Health and Safety Procedures and Documents in your Organisation 2.1 Contracts of Employment 2.2 Anti- Discrimination 2.3 Working Hours and Holiday Entitlement 2.4 Sickness Absence and Sick Pay 2.5 Data Protection 2.6 Health and Safety Sources of Information and Advice 3.1 Internal Sources 3.2 External Sources About your Occupation and
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You do not need to complete the Workbook straight away, nor do you have to work through it in any particular order. You should talk to people such as your line manager, training provider or mentor (if you have one) for information, help and advice on some of the sections. You will also need to do some research using your staff manual and (if available) on the Internet.
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Statutory Rights and Responsibilities
All Learners need to know that employers and employees have a range of statutory responsibilities and rights under Employment Law and that employment can be affected by other legislation as well. 1.1 Contracts of Employment1
• WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW How an employer and employee (you) are governed by the terms and conditions contained within a contract of employment (this may not be in writing). • • Employment contracts are legally binding on both the employer and employee and serve to protect each other’s rights and responsibilities. The terms (legal parts) of the contract can be in a variety of forms, including: o verbally agreed o in a written contract (or similar document) o in an employee handbook or on a company notice board o in an offer letter from your employer o required by law, for example, your employer must pay you at least the minimum wage o in collective agreements o implied terms A contract of employment comes into force as soon as a firm offer of employment has been made and accepted, even
The terms and conditions of my employment are: the date in which I commenced my employment. My job title, this explains what my title is and has a brief description of what my roles will be. My place of work, this explains where my main place of work will be and that I may be needed in other branches. It also explains that I
1.4 Identify sources and types of information and advice available in relation to employment responsibilities and rights
The United States has a plethora of labor laws in place to help clarify the rights of workers, employers, and even labor unions. Federal
A contract of employment is a type of a contract used in labor law to attribute rights and responsibilities between parties to a contract (Blum, 2007). On the one end stands an "employee" who is "employed" by an "employer". A written employment contract is a document that someone and their employee sign which sets forth the terms and conditions of the employment relationship (Tepper, 2011). Many rules, exceptions and considerations apply when dealing with employment contracts.
An employment contract is a very important document. It spells out the key things you can expect from your employer and what your employer expects from you.
- If you are under fixed term employment you should have the same contractual rights as a permanent employee
When looking at the laws that relate to the relationship between an employer and employee its clear to see that they have changed dramatically over the past few years, and there is now a difficult framework provided by UK law and
Employment is a relationship under which an individual seek to perform certain duties or render services under a contract of hire. To determine if a contract exists, one must endeavor to seek if all the three elements of a contract exits. This elements include acceptance, offer and consideration.
When many companies hire individuals they offer contracts that have certain terms to work under. An employment contract is a contractual relationship between an employer and an individual employee or organization. Therefore, when signing a contract there are certain situations that allows a person to break his or her contract before their contract ends. For example, my wife is a Middle School Teacher and each year she has to sign a contract. However, she is able to break her contract if she has to move due to military orders or even if she finds a job that promotes her position allowing her to better her life. So, my question for the newspaper columnist is what the terms under which the contract was signed were.
Employment law, also referred to as labor law, is primarily designed to help keep employees safe and ensure they're treated fairly. Employers also have rights, which are also protected by the employment law. Under the employment law are a number of legal requirements and recommendations. With that, it's very important that have a trusted lawyer that could give good legal counsel. It is probable for employees
The Employment law regulates the relationship between the employer and employee so they can engage in fair and ethical employment practices. It is especially important for employers to know and refer to employment law in the context of employment. This is because the courts are more likely to protect employees from unfair treatments as they generally believe employees are in weaker bargaining position than their employer.
This report compares existing employee contracts and workplace processes with legislative requirements and assesses where Winchester College could be at risk for not complying with these requirements. Specifically, the following are discussed and analysed:
Which cover most of the issues or the wellbeing of one in a place of employment. For example some basic terms
Awards are legal documents detailing the minimum terms and conditions of an employee’s job which involves wage rates, sick leave, holidays, overtime and other various minimum conditions. Employees are covered only by the award specific to their occupation or industry.
(a) the undertaking to do or perform work or services is an undertaking to do so conditionally on the employer making work or services available to the worker, and