Legal Requirements for Working Time, Leaves and Pay Scale

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CIPD Certification Module 2
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Assignment-3 MER Part B
A.C. 2.1 legal requirements that address working time
In order for a person to be satisfied with the job role that he or she is serving, one of the
major aspects is the work-life balance. A person has to give enough time for their personal life as
well in order to maintain a balance (Lunau et al. 2014). If for a prolonged period of time a person
is working for long hours then he or she slowly looses interest on the work, stresses the mind and
develop intrinsic de-motivation. Work life and personal life should be balanced. If a working
mother cannot give time to her child then it is not only difficult for the mother to cope but this
may also give rise to number of other personal issues (Lunau et al. 2014). The performance of an
individual also depends on the state of mind, and a person with personal issues does not have a
healthy state of mind. Depending on the labour laws of the country the employee of the company
are entailed to enjoy leaves, stipulated working hours etc in order to maintain the work life
balance (Lunau et al. 2014).
According to the UK working time regulation 1998, it has been stated that employees
should not work more than 48hrs a week on an average of over 17 weeks (Chung and Tijdens
2013). However, there are some exceptions to the regulation and also people can choose to
willingly opt out of the regulation. But employers cannot ask their employees or workers to work
for more than 48 hrs in a week. Some of the areas of exception are the places which require
24hrs staff like armed forces, security, domestic help in private household etc.

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A.C. 2.2 Law protecting the individuals who are working with young children
As mentioned above it is important for a person to have a well work and personal life
balance in order perform up to the expectation. However, in the demographic of the working
population of a country parents of young children hold a significant portion. There are a number
of legal supports that is provided to parents by which they can easily spend time with their
children and be a part of their growth stages. There are facilities such as maternal leaves, paternal
leaves and compassionate leaves etc. Based on the culture of the organisation the management
decides to provide their employees with such leaves, however there are regulations for such
provisions (Alewell and Pull 2000). Maternal leave is the absence granted to women at the time
of their pregnancy and post child birth recovery time. In many countries even during adoption
women are entitled to get maternal leaves. It is called Statutory maternity leave can last up to 52
weeks in UK, however SMP is paid for up to 39 weeks. Maternity leaves are also entitled under
the employment rights. Paternity leave on the other hand are for the men who are expecting
children, the employers provide leave in order to ensure that the employees are able to spend
time with their family and wife during the time of pregnancy (Alewell and Pull 2000).