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).

Employer’s name
Date of start of work
Place of work
Job title

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

The Equal Pay Act of 1970
The National Minimum Wage Act 1998
The Equality Act 2010

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

Health and safety
Rights and responsibilities
Data protection

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.

Internal – managers, personnel department, colleagues, trade union representatives

External – libraries, citizens Advise Bureaux, ACAS, government

4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees.

Union representatives – to discuss any concerns employee have about employer, to go with employee to disciplinary or grievance hearings with management

Union learning representatives – to promote and enable training and learning

H & S representatives – representing workers in talks with employer, carrying out regular inspections of the workplace, taking part in workplace risk assessment.

5. Briefly describe employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business environment. You should give at least two employer responsibilities and two employee responsibilities.

If possible, provide relevant equality and diversity procedures from your workplace (or