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P3: Describe the employment legislation that impacts on different types of contracts.

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Employment Contracts: Full-time employment: Full-time and part-time contracts are contracts that both guarantee you a certain amount of work every week. A full-time contract will usually gu
will usually guarantee you anything under 30 hours a week of work, however these numbers are not official, and every contract varies. Both contracts will give you a cer
work that is not included in the contract. A full-time and part-time contract must both be signed by the employer and employee to verify that both parties are happy with
holiday per year you are entitled to and if it is paid or not, it must also include sick pay and if you get paid for those days.


Part-time employment: The part-time and full-time contracts will also include how maternity time you get and if it is paid and paternity pay and time. The health and sa
receive PPE to make them safe at work like pepper spray and a stab proof vest. With a full time, contract employees also have the right to training and under the apprenti
if it deemed as acceptable for example in the police staff can request raining for the use of tasers if they feel that they need to know more so that they can be safe using th


Permanent employment: A permanent contract applies to those employees who work regular hours and are paid at an hourly rate. The main characteristic of this contra
within their role to allow their employer to be satisfied with how they work. Their contracts are ongoing unless they are terminated by the employer. When employees wo
Permanent employment if the employee wishes to leave the job role, they must ensure that they leave a 2 weeks' notice to ensure the employer knows they want to leave.
work. This could apply to a job within the public services as you could need to stay for longer than 2 weeks to sort out job roles.

Temporary or fixed term: A fixed term contract is a contract that covers employees and employers if an employee is only there to complete a specific task like a projec
issued to someone if they are only covering for maternity or have a specific skill they can use for a short period of time, an example of a fixed term contract would be a f
specializes in roofing could be on a fixed term contract until that roof is finished. The equality act of 2010 would affect fixed term contracts because it protects them from
mobility can use a lift for example. Another example is the race relations act this comes into play in the police as it is a prosecutable offence to treat people differently in
tasks to minority groups this could be a breach of the race relations act.

Zero hours contract: A Zero-hour contract is a casual contract with an employer and employee where the employee cannot guarantee work to the employee, however, c
accept the work or decline. The equal pay act of 1970 effects a zero-hour contract because it is easy to see how much you get paid so men and women would be on the sa



Employment legislation:
Employment rights act 2002 – This act means that employers cannot dismiss an employee over maters including, health and sickness, request for flexible working and health and safety concerns, if an employee is unfairly dismisse
to help those in court. This act covers full-time and part-time contracts as those are long-term contracts, however this act can be used in any contract type depending on the conditions.


Equal pay act 1970 – this act covers all different contract types and makes sure that all workers receive the same pay no matter their gender, this act came into play to ensure that both male and female workers receive the same pay
act covers all contract types as every contract can be used with female and male workers.


Sex discrimination act 1975 – This act means that employees and colleagues cannot discriminate against anyone in the workplace regarding their gender, this covers things that are separate to pay like promotions, training, and righ
of contract ensuring that both woman and men get treated the same.


Race relations act 1976 – This act makes it illegal for people to discriminate against someone because of their race in the workplace, for example someone could not only give jobs to white people as it is racist and illegal with the ra
this act is also relevant to all contract types and employers must make sure they fulfill this act.


Disability discrimination act 1995 – This act means that organizations which employ over 20 people must make their workplace disabled friendly, meaning that people who are disabled can still work there in peace, this can mean b
and facilitating people who ate hard of hearing, this act applies to all contract types as all employers must make sure that they are following this act.


Health and safety at work act 1974 – This act makes sure that all employers have a duty of care for their employees and any visitors to the workplace, this means putting measures in place to protect people. This act affects every c
right to safety at work.

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