Level 2 Certificate in Vocational Paralegal Studies - Full Syllabus

Choice Unit 205: Employment Issues

1. Employees and the Self-employed
   1. Distinction
   2. Tests
      - Control test
      - Organisational test
      - Multiple test
   3. Agency workers
2. The Contract of Employment
   1. The written statement
   2. Terms
   3. Duties under the contract of employment
   4. The Working Time Regulations 1998
   5. The National Minimum Wage Act 1998
3. Discrimination
   1. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975
   2. The Equal Pay Act 1970
   3. The Race Relations Act 1976
   4. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
4. Disciplinary Procedures and Dismissal
   1. Disciplinary procedures
   2. Wrongful dismissal
   3. Unfair dismissal
5. Redundancy
   1. Types of dismissal
   2. Redundancy payment