Solution As evidenced in Gov.uk (2023), problems would emerge in an event the employer attempts to change a contract without an agreement, or re-employs an individual on new terms and conditions. Also, this could occur in instances of breaching of a contract where contract terms are broken such as employers failing in paying agreed wages or employees failing in working in agreed hours. Dismiss and rehire is identified as a legal practice in UK but does not hold serious risk of costly claims ...

Solution Right of work from home According to Employment Rights Act 1996, Section 44, if the health and safety requirement at the workplace is compromised, employees have the right to ask to work from home (Legislation.gov.uk, 1996).  Right of flexibility in start and finish time- According to the Flexible Working Regulations 2014, employees who have worked at least 26 weeks straights have the opportunity to ask for flexible working hours (Legislation.gov.uk, 2014). Right to the p...

Solution Statutory maternity, paternity and adoption rights in the UK apply before and after birth and adoption. Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002, Employment Rights Act 1996, and Employment Protection Act 1975 are related to statutory maternity, paternity and adoption rights. Statutory right of 52 weeks maternity leave- In the UK, employees are eligible to take maternity leave if they have worked for at least 26 weeks. Based on the UK maternity pay and leave policy, the SMP i...

Solution Working hours & time off work give employees basic rights and protections relating to working time. True Health should consider the following statutory rights concerning leave and Working time. A right to 28 days paid leaves in a year- A full-time worker in the UK has the right to 28 days' holiday if they worked for 5 weeks straight, which is equivalent to 5.6 weeks of leaves in a year. With the Working Time Regulations 1998 (UK) provision, permanent employees should be given...

Solution The statutory rights to employees in areas of pay has been improved to include 1 day in line with the 2020 Act after commencing their employment. The considerations include payment above the national minimum wage and an itemised payslip from the first day. The different legislations such as Equal Pay Act 1970, Equality Act 1970 have all been repealed with Equality Act 2010 consolidating all the legislations. The payslip should involve Basic salary, Dearness Allowance, Housing rent a...

Solution Adopting the definition in ACAS (2022) equal pay represent a situation where men and women ought to be offered with equal pay for doing equal work. This is a work which equal pay law classes as the same, similar, equivalent or of equal value. To achieve equal pay, an organisation should not pay an employee less compared to another person who is of opposite gender and doing equal work. This is covered in the Equality Act 2010 and Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) statutory ...

Solution Recruitment In UK, the Equality Act 2010 is use in governing how recruitment is pursued to avoid discrimination (Citizensadvice.org.UK, 2022). For instance, according to section 60 of the Equality Act 2010, it is against the law rejecting job applications without offering a chance  to show that you possess the skills of doing the job (Equality Human Rights, 2022). By prioritising on the skills rather than the individual characteristics, objectivity criteria of recruitment is...

Question Epley and Kumar (2019) identified four pillars of an ethical culture as explicit values, thoughts during judgment, incentives, and cultural norms. Critically evaluate how ethical is the culture of your organisation based on these four pillars. What TWO distinct recommendations would you make to your Senior Leadership Team in order to enhance the ethical culture of your organisation? Solution As evidenced in Marchington et al. (2020), a primary approach for organisations is ...

Question The CIPD is campaigning for all employees to have the right to request flexible working from the first day of employment. Critically evaluate the case for and against the implementation of this right with reference to your own organisation, providing full justification. Solution As illustrated in CIPD (2021), flexible working is an approach of work arrangement to offer a broad level of flexibility on the way in which, where and what time employees work. Flexible working has ov...

Question Global economic growth is leading to increasing levels of affluence around the world. The rate at which societies are becoming more prosperous is particularly rapid in some developing economies. Critically review what the main consequences will be for businesses and for the management of people if these trends continue? Solution Question 4 Global economic activity is currently going through a broad-based and sharper-than-projected slowdown with the inflation increasing. How...