MCT Practice Employment Law 2026 – Mock Questions and Answers for Exam
Preparation
True or false. A worker has more employment rights than an employee - ANS✔✔ False
Duties of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) include - ANS✔✔
Encouraging settlement of employment disputes
Carrying out pre-claim conciliation
Issuing codes of practice
Jamil has worked for Coffee King for four years as a barista. He has to wear a uniform to work.
He works every Tuesday and Thursday, unless he books leave or swaps his shift with someone
else (with his manager's permission). Coffee King is closing down and Jamil is about to be made
redundant. Is Jamil entitled to a redundancy payment? - ANS✔✔ Yes
Which of the following statements is correct?
a)An individual can bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal on the basis that his or her
employer has failed to comply with a Code of Practice
b)Failure to comply with a Code of Practice will not render a party liable to any claims
c)Where an employer has failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and
Grievance procedures the Employment Tribunal may increase the compensation awarded to a
Claimant by up to 35% - ANS✔✔ b)Failure to comply with a Code of Practice will not render a
party liable to any claims
Complete this sentence. The employment relationship is... - ANS✔✔ Not usually one of equal
bargaining power
True or false. The Employment Tribunal is a Court - ANS✔✔ False
, A person who works under a fixed term contract can never be an employee. True or false -
ANS✔✔ False
Janine is an IT consultant. She works for a number of different companies helping them to
develop their IT strategy. She charges a flat rate of £450 per day for her services and invoices
the companies for her time. At the moment, Janine is doing a lot of work for a large retail outlet
called GolfShop. She has been working for GolfShop two days per week for the last three
months. Janine tends to work for GolfShop on Thursdays and Fridays as that is most convenient
for her. She usually works from Birmingham head office on those days. Is Janine most likely to
be working under: - ANS✔✔ A contract FOR services
The independent review that the Prime Minister commissioned into employment practices in
the modern economy is known as the - ANS✔✔ Taylor Review
Yasmin is a part-time worker. Which one of the following statements is correct?
a)It may be lawful for her to be treated less favourably than full-time staff in certain situations
b)After four years in her role, Yasmin has an automatic right to transfer to a full-time contract
c)It will be lawful for her employer to pay Yasmin at a lower hourly rate than full-time staff
d)Yasmin will not be entitled to be treated equally to full-time staff, as she is a worker rather
than an employee - ANS✔✔ a)It may be lawful for her to be treated less favourably than full-
time staff in certain situations
True or false. Amrit is currently on maternity leave. Unless she works in a factory, she must take
only two weeks of leave and anything else is optional - ANS✔✔ True
True or false. Employers are required to provide employees with a written statement of terms.
This must be given to employees no more than six months after their employment begins -
ANS✔✔ False
Parents wishing to take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) must give their employer's [ ] weeks' notice
of the date on which they want SPL to commence - ANS✔✔ 8/eight
Preparation
True or false. A worker has more employment rights than an employee - ANS✔✔ False
Duties of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) include - ANS✔✔
Encouraging settlement of employment disputes
Carrying out pre-claim conciliation
Issuing codes of practice
Jamil has worked for Coffee King for four years as a barista. He has to wear a uniform to work.
He works every Tuesday and Thursday, unless he books leave or swaps his shift with someone
else (with his manager's permission). Coffee King is closing down and Jamil is about to be made
redundant. Is Jamil entitled to a redundancy payment? - ANS✔✔ Yes
Which of the following statements is correct?
a)An individual can bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal on the basis that his or her
employer has failed to comply with a Code of Practice
b)Failure to comply with a Code of Practice will not render a party liable to any claims
c)Where an employer has failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and
Grievance procedures the Employment Tribunal may increase the compensation awarded to a
Claimant by up to 35% - ANS✔✔ b)Failure to comply with a Code of Practice will not render a
party liable to any claims
Complete this sentence. The employment relationship is... - ANS✔✔ Not usually one of equal
bargaining power
True or false. The Employment Tribunal is a Court - ANS✔✔ False
, A person who works under a fixed term contract can never be an employee. True or false -
ANS✔✔ False
Janine is an IT consultant. She works for a number of different companies helping them to
develop their IT strategy. She charges a flat rate of £450 per day for her services and invoices
the companies for her time. At the moment, Janine is doing a lot of work for a large retail outlet
called GolfShop. She has been working for GolfShop two days per week for the last three
months. Janine tends to work for GolfShop on Thursdays and Fridays as that is most convenient
for her. She usually works from Birmingham head office on those days. Is Janine most likely to
be working under: - ANS✔✔ A contract FOR services
The independent review that the Prime Minister commissioned into employment practices in
the modern economy is known as the - ANS✔✔ Taylor Review
Yasmin is a part-time worker. Which one of the following statements is correct?
a)It may be lawful for her to be treated less favourably than full-time staff in certain situations
b)After four years in her role, Yasmin has an automatic right to transfer to a full-time contract
c)It will be lawful for her employer to pay Yasmin at a lower hourly rate than full-time staff
d)Yasmin will not be entitled to be treated equally to full-time staff, as she is a worker rather
than an employee - ANS✔✔ a)It may be lawful for her to be treated less favourably than full-
time staff in certain situations
True or false. Amrit is currently on maternity leave. Unless she works in a factory, she must take
only two weeks of leave and anything else is optional - ANS✔✔ True
True or false. Employers are required to provide employees with a written statement of terms.
This must be given to employees no more than six months after their employment begins -
ANS✔✔ False
Parents wishing to take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) must give their employer's [ ] weeks' notice
of the date on which they want SPL to commence - ANS✔✔ 8/eight
