Evolution of Employment Law and Essential Ingredients of Contract

Business Law and
Ethics

Table of content
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Business law is the important legal regulation which helps how to provide protection
to all the organisations and companies to manage their business, agreements and general from
working procedure in a proper manner. Company law, contract act, employment law, IPR etc.
As some of the major acts which helps out to provide protection to all the working of
organisations in a systematic approach. Employment act helps in protecting the rights of
employees in the company. Whereas contract act is the agreement which is being enforceable
by law(Hepburn, 2020). This report will cover interview session of a mid-ranking law firm
through which there will be a discussion about the UK employment law and its evolution
since 1970 and further will also provide the essential ingredients of law of contract.
MAIN BODY
Evolution of Employment act since 1970
Employment act is the most important legislation which is being made in UK in order
to protect the rights of all the workforce in the organisations and companies. In late 1970
there is being seen that there was no clear reformation and description of the laws which are
being needed to manage and maintain clear formation of rights of employees. Back in 29
May 1970 for about 50 years ago there was an introduction of equal pay act 1970 by royal
assent. That was the most landmark moment as earlier all the employees were being fighting
for the equal pay in UK. Their main focus was to remove the gender pay gap and to manage
all the unequal pay to be in an equal manner. As there was a major dispute from match girls
strike in 1888 where there were seen that about 200 girls along with woman’s went for a
strike in order to protest for all the working conditions and their pay scale was less as
compare to men. From 1970 there has been seen that major development in the employment
contracts and laws were being taken place. The legislation focuses on removing the gender
pay gap introduced equality act 2010 through which no discrimination can take place in any
of the working areas (Crenshaw, 2020).
Since 1970 employment act started to evolve as with the same page for men and
women there has been introduction of industrial relations in order to avoid unfair dismissal in
1971. There were also being seen that UK made exist to the European Union in 1972 through
which they also maintain the trade union along with the labour relations act 1974 in order to
manage the legal status along with the immunity for all the trade unions who usually take the
strike actions and contemplation. Later on, there were health and safety act through which