Level 3 Diploma in Vocational Paralegal Studies - Full Syllabus

Employment Matters

1. Employees and the Self-employed
   1. Distinction
   2. Tests
      • Control test
      • Organisational test
      • Multiple test
      • The economic reality test
   3. Mutuality of obligation
   4. Agency workers and lending an employee
2. The Formation and Variation of the Contract of Employment
   1. Formation of the contract of employment
   2. Illegal contracts
   3. Formalities
   4. The written statement
   5. Other written formalities
   6. Variation of contract
   7. The Working Time Regulations 1998
   8. Exclusions and derogations
   9. Enforcement
   10. The National Minimum Wage Act 1998
3. Implied Terms - Binding upon the Employer
   1. To pay wages
   2. Duties - guarantee payments
   3. Deductions
   4. Overpayments and estoppel
   5. Sick pay
   6. Provision of work
   7. Indemnity
   8. References
   9. Respect
   10. Use of express terms
4. Implied Terms - Binding upon the Employee
   1. Duties
      • Faithful service
      • Bribes
      • Disclosure of misdeeds
      • Inventions and copyright
      • Confidential information
      • Spare-time working and restraint of trade
      • Obedience to lawful and reasonable orders
      • The duty of care
5. Discrimination at work
   1. Prohibited types of discrimination
   2. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
   3. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1970
   4. Introduction to the sex discrimination legislation
   5. The European dimension
   6. Race discrimination
6. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975
   1. Types of discrimination
   2. Discrimination in employment
   3. Exclusions
   4. Bringing a claim
7. The Equal Pay Act 1970
   1. The meaning of "pay"
   2. The compassion
   3. Genuine material factors
   4. Making a claim
   5. Remedies
8. Maternity Provisions
   1. The right not to be unfairly dismissed
   2. Maternity leave
   3. Contractual benefits
   4. Additional maternity leave
   5. Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance
   6. Antenatal care
   7. Health and Safety Suspensions
9. Race Discrimination in Employment
   1. Definition
   2. Race discrimination and religion
   3. Types of discrimination
   4. Race discrimination in employment
   5. Permitted discrimination
   6. Remedies