AC1.1 Discuss the major sources of employment law and its evolution, including the major employment rights.
- Understand the past, present, and future development of UK employment regulation and related debates.
- Identify the major sources of employment law (statute, common law, EU).
AC1.2 Explain the role and function of the courts and other institutions responsible for the administration of employment law.
- Learn the roles of legal and quasi-legal institutions administering employment law (tribunals, courts, Acas, HSE, ICO, CAC, Certification Officer).
- Familiarize yourself with major employment tribunal rules and procedures.
AC1.3 Explain employment status and the legal tests used to establish to whom different employment rights apply.
- Distinguish between employees, workers, and self-employed persons.
- Understand major employment rights and which groups they apply to.
- Study legal tests used to establish employment status (control, integration, and multiple tests).
AC1.4 Critically evaluate the principles of the law in the fields of precedent, vicarious liability and continuity of employment.
- Understand the role of case law in setting precedent and the impact of key case decisions.
- Grasp the significance of vicarious liability for employers and the importance of protecting organizational reputation.
- Learn about continuity of employment, day one rights, rights accruing with service (notice, redundancy, maternity/paternity), and their implications.
AC2.1 Assess the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010 and its operation.
- Understand the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 (sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, gender reassignment, pregnancy/maternity).
- Learn about alternative types of discrimination claims.
AC2.2 Evaluate the defences that respondents deploy in discrimination cases and remedies.
- Understand the tests applied by courts in discrimination cases and related debates.
- Learn about available remedies and awards (financial losses, injury to feelings).
AC2.3 Explain the principles of equal pay law and regulation on pay gap reporting.
- Understand the principles of equal pay law (types of claim, equal value, like work, equivalent work, defences).
- Understand the significance of market rates, job evaluation, and genuine material factors affecting pay differentials.
- Learn about regulation on pay gap reporting (mandatory reporting, relevant employers, employee definition, data required).
AC2.4 Assess the management of employment law in respect of specific groups of employees.
- Understand the law protecting part-time workers, fixed-term employees, agency workers, trade union members, whistleblowers, and former offenders.
AC3.1 Analyse the principles that underpin the law on different types of employment contracts, including their practical significance for organisations.
- Understand express and implied terms and common law duties.
- Learn about establishing and lawfully changing employment contracts.
AC3.2 Debate the principles of the law of wrongful, constructive and unfair dismissal.
- Differentiate between wrongful, constructive, and unfair dismissal.
- Understand qualification requirements, lawful reasons for dismissal, and available remedies.
AC3.3 Examine the test of reasonableness in unfair dismissal law and its practical implications for organisations.
- Understand the five fair reasons for dismissal and the importance of procedural fairness.
- Learn about the right to be accompanied, notice periods, pay, contractual obligations, defences, and settling claims.
AC3.4 Explain the process of complying with the law on redundancy and transfers of undertakings.
- Understand selecting employees for redundancy, consultation requirements, severance payments, trial periods, and rights in insolvent companies.
- Learn about relevant transfers and the major rights of transferred employees.
AC4.1 Explain the law on health and safety at work and personal injury.
- Understand the Health and Safety at Work Act and other major regulations.
- Learn about personal injury law and lawfully dealing with stress and mental breakdown cases.
AC4.2 Discuss the principles underpinning regulation on hours and wages.
- Understand the National Living Wage, National Minimum Wage, lawful deductions, statutory sick pay, Working Time Regulations, and holiday entitlements.
AC4.3 Explain maternity and parental employment rights, including the requirements of flexible working employment legislation.
- Understand statutory maternity/paternity pay and leave, shared parental leave, time off for antenatal care, emergencies, and dependants.
- For flexible working: Learn about the right to request flexible working and fair reasons for refusal.
AC4.4 Evaluate collective employment law and regulations relating to confidentiality at work.
- Understand data protection and privacy regulations at work.
- Learn about collective employment rights, trade union recognition, bargaining rights, and the law relating to industrial action.
