TASK 1 An employer’s obligations to his employee regarding pay are that an employer must administer pay, deduct taxes and pay benefits to their employees, employers must administer PAYE, National Insurance (Class 1 and 1a), Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay and student loan deductions. An employer must provide employees with an itemised pay statement and pay employees with an itemised pay statement and pay employees in full at an agreed time. Employers must provide paid holidays for all workers, and pay men and women equally for equal work. Should a situation arise where an employer can not provide work they must pay ‘guarantee payments’. An employer must provide paid paternity and paid …show more content…
An employee should not compete in business against their employer whilst employed by them, and should not disclose any of the employers confidential information, or disrupt business. An employee should be willing to give their employer any inventions developed during their employment, and look after the employers property. 3. The unwritten duties of an employee to their own job and that an employee should work with reasonable skill and care, and be prepared to learn new skills if their job changes. TASK 6 It is important for the employer to keep up to date with all employment legislation as legislation is constantly changing. Failure to keep up to date with the latest legislation may lead to an employer becoming at risk of claims from employees. TASK 7 The essential features of an organisation’s disciplinary procedures are that, the procedure should be non-discriminatory, and that the employee(s) should be notified of what disciplinary action may be taken. Employees should be aware of which levels of management have the authority regarding various levels of disciplinary action. All information regarding disciplinary procedures should be kept confidential and should be in writing. Employees should be informed of the complaints against them and any supporting evidence before any disciplinary hearing. Prior to any disciplinary action being taken, the
4) Disciplinary action policy stating under what circumstances and how employees will face disciplinary action.
Employers must ensure the health and safety of employees at work and other people on the premises.
take reasonable care for your own health and safety while at work and ensure your acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of other workers in your workplace;
If the legislative branch does not agree with the way in which the judicial branch has interpreted the law, they can introduce a new piece of legislation, and the process starts all over again.They can initiate a constitutional amendment(changes in its written words), if the state ratify( Ratification is a principal 's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal.) it, that can make a Supreme Court ruling void. Congress can amend the Constitution to overturn decisions of the Supreme Court.Congress can create lower courts.(Judicial branch) .
Employees have to ensure that they follow the procedures/policies set by the organisation in terms of health and safety in the work place. They need to take responsibility that they will cause no harm to themselves or others in the way they orchestrate their working practices and to co-operate with employers
An employee has a duty to be devoted and committed to service delivery and also be loyal to the organization. This goes a long way in eliminating corruption and fraud. One should also be selfless by doing their best to the best of their ability and also helping and motivating his fellow co-workers to do the same and where possible acting as a model for the rest of the employees to emulate.
followed. They should include oral reprimand, written warnings with a plan in place to show the expected behavior, and clear disciplinary actions that must be acted upon as given. The plan of action cannot be ignored or forgotten and left unenforced. The plan must change her behavior, or end in termination of her employment.
It is important to treat employees fairly, this is to mean that they should not be overworked because the company wants to make profits. The law should be followed in the process of building the business, humanity should prevail.
In order to attract workers and to retain the best performers, employers need to have a compensation system that will achieve these objectives. Furthermore, employers need to comply, with the relevant law which relate to payment systems and hours of work. Payment systems and quantum of payment play a significant role not only for individual employers, but also at the level of society.
This section will deal with government’s legislative and regulatory frameworks in fossil fuel industries. Because fossil fuel industries play a big role in Canada’s economy, it can affect a large proportion of a population. Therefore, government’s involvement in legislative and regulatory frameworks must be effective as Harvie notes in his study that an intention of government’s legislative and regulatory involvement in fossil oil industries “is to develop an outcome based land use decision-making process that promotes sustainable economic growth by balancing economic activities with social and environmental goals” (Harvie, 296). Because foreign investors own the majority of the largest oil companies in Canada’s oil industries, one of the prominent
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:
Legislation recently enacted by Parliament in the form of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has been created with the intention of challenging the problems of modern slavery within the UK. It is estimated that there are as many as 13,000 individuals currently being subjected to forced labour in England and Wales. Historically, female members of our society have been objectified and despite equality law this perception of women as objects to be used still pervades society on many levels. The vast majority of victims of modern slavery in the UK are trafficked from oversea’s. Female victims are generally trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. The Act seeks to protect all those who are victims including those
Delegated legislation (secondary legislation) is law that is authorised but not made by Parliament. Parliament lays out a basic framework, known as the enabling Act and other people or bodies are delegated powers to make the more detailed rules.
Employees should realize that they are accountable for all the actions and it is their responsibility to abide by the information
Follow all the laws and regulations of countries and regions in which business activity takes place about employment conditions, including wages and work hours