Unit 24 employment law
In employment law a person employment status help determine, their right or employers
responsibilities
A person many have a different employment status in tax law, the main type of employment status
are
Worker
Employee
Self employed and contractor
Director
Office holder
What criteria would an employer use to assess if an employee is entitled to unpaid parent leave
Proof (evidence to doctor note)
Relationship — equality form
Previous absences — holidays, illnesses, previous parental leave,
Length of parental leave
Age of children
PAY
National Minimum wage
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age and whether you’re an Apprentice.
You must be at least school leaving age to get the national minimum wage. You must be aged 25
to get the national minimum wage.
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age. You must be at least age to get
the national minimum wage. You must be aged 25 to get the national living wage. The minimum
wage for employees aged 25 and over is £8.72
Job sharing is when 2 people are sharing a duty (1 job), 2 part time employees, shift work is like
rota work. Full time is 40 hours per week (minimum), part time is 36 hours (minimum).
Case study is the lunch break broken?
1. The impact will be that employees will be less motivated and less productive meaning their
quality of work will not be as good as it is normally and this may make them to leave their
job.
2. Evidence which will show a worker is overworked or stress, they will be less motivated and
they will be tired so may come late.
3. It will show the employers aren’t treating their employees well, they may need a new
employee which is expensive and time consuming, if employees are stressed or overworking.
Duties of employer
In employment law a person employment status help determine, their right or employers
responsibilities
A person many have a different employment status in tax law, the main type of employment status
are
Worker
Employee
Self employed and contractor
Director
Office holder
What criteria would an employer use to assess if an employee is entitled to unpaid parent leave
Proof (evidence to doctor note)
Relationship — equality form
Previous absences — holidays, illnesses, previous parental leave,
Length of parental leave
Age of children
PAY
National Minimum wage
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age and whether you’re an Apprentice.
You must be at least school leaving age to get the national minimum wage. You must be aged 25
to get the national minimum wage.
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age. You must be at least age to get
the national minimum wage. You must be aged 25 to get the national living wage. The minimum
wage for employees aged 25 and over is £8.72
Job sharing is when 2 people are sharing a duty (1 job), 2 part time employees, shift work is like
rota work. Full time is 40 hours per week (minimum), part time is 36 hours (minimum).
Case study is the lunch break broken?
1. The impact will be that employees will be less motivated and less productive meaning their
quality of work will not be as good as it is normally and this may make them to leave their
job.
2. Evidence which will show a worker is overworked or stress, they will be less motivated and
they will be tired so may come late.
3. It will show the employers aren’t treating their employees well, they may need a new
employee which is expensive and time consuming, if employees are stressed or overworking.
Duties of employer
