Unit 14: Aspects of Employment Law
By Rais Mauthoor
Employment Terms and Industrial Disputes
Introduction
Firstly, this report will identify the rights and responsibilities of the employer and
employees in a selected business organisation and explain the key features of employer
and employee relations and welfare. Secondly, it will analyse rights and responsibilities
of employees and employer in a selected business organisation and evaluate the main
arguments on each side in a selected industrial relations dispute.
P4 Identify the rights and responsibilities of the employer
and employees in a selected business organisation and M2
Analyse rights and responsibilities of employees and
employer in a selected business organisation
Employer rights and employee obligations
Employees to work to contract
A contract of employment that is established between Tesco and an employee will
specify the terms of employment and the rights of the employee. Once the employee
has accepted the contract, they attain several responsibilities which links to Tesco’s
rights. For instance, the employee must adhere to the terms of the contract, follow
Tesco’s rules, work towards Tesco’s aims and objectives and respect Tesco’s property.
In layman’s terms, the employee of Tesco must essentially work to the contract they
have agreed on.
The advantages of contracts of employment for Tesco are that they can modify their
terms and conditions to suit a specific job, employees are bound by the contract to obey
Tesco’s rules, and Tesco can include methods for resolving disputes relating to
employment such as mediation or arbitration. The disadvantage for them are if for any
reason, Tesco wants to fire an employee, they will have to comply with the reasons and
grounds for termination that are found in the contract. Also, another disadvantage is that
before an employee’s probation period ends, they are free to leave at any time without
giving notice, this is inconvenient to Tesco. The advantages of contracts of employment
for employees are that it gives them their rights and responsibilities at the workplace, it
offers consistent compensation and benefits, and they cannot be fired outside of the
reasons and grounds for termination. The disadvantages for them are that they may feel
trapped in employment, they may be forced by the contract to come to work during a
time that is inconvenient for them, and they may have to complete duties specified by
the contract that are boring to them. Overall in my opinion, it seems that while contracts
of employment do have their benefits and issues, these legally binding agreements are
of no doubt vital to the society in which we live in because they are needed for
employers and employees. Without contracts of employment, employees would not
