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Learning outcomes
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Assessment criteria
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1 Understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice.
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1.1 Explain the aims and objectives of employment regulation.
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1.2 Describe the role played by the tribunal and courts system in enforcing employment law.
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1.3 Explain how cases are settled before and during formal legal procedures.
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2 Know how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully.
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2.1 Identify the main principles of discrimination law in recruitment and selection and in employment.
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2.2 Explain how contracts of employment are established.
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3 Know how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully.
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3.1 Describe when and how contracts can be changed lawfully.
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3.2 Explain the main requirements of redundancy law.
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3.3 Explain the main requirements of the law on business transfers.
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4 Know how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully.
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4.1 Identify the major statutory rights workers have in the fields of pay, leave and working time.
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4.2 Explain the major requirements of equal pay law.
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4.3 Explain major maternity, paternity and other family-friendly employment rights.
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5 Be able to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they are at work.
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5.1 Identify the major requirements of health and safety law.
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5.2 Explain the significance of implied duties as regards the management of employees at work.
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5.3 Explain the principles of the law on freedom of association.
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6 Know how to manage performance and disciplinary matters lawfully.
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6.1 Explain the main requirements of unfair dismissal law in respect of capability and misconduct issues.
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6.2 Explain the scope of the right for employees to be accompanied at serious discipline and grievance hearings.
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