UK Employment Law and Company Formation: A Comprehensive Overview

Individual Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
1. Discuss the broad historical structure of UK Employment Law and indicate who you think
UK Employment Law favours – either employers or employees...............................................3
2. Discuss the fundamental features of the formation of the Company in the UK...................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The government of UK enacted the Employment law 2008 for solving the disputes of
employment in order to provide them protection from various irregularities faced by them. It
mainly focuses on providing justice to employees for loss beard by them during the period of
employment. The enforcement of employment laws ensures the protection of both employers and
employees in order to safeguard the interest of employers and protection of rights of workers.
The relationship between the employer and employees is also maintained with the help of
employment law(Bouderhem, 2021). The legislation provides various protection in relation to
payment structure, discrimination, holidays, leaves, dismissal and others. The Company Act
2006, regulates the company law of UK with enforcement of rules, regulations and guidelines for
successful running of company. It regulates and manges the internal and external factors of the
company including the members who are shareholders, suppliers, customers with policies
regulated by the government. This report will cover the historical background of UK
Employment Law with its favourable aspect and fundamental characteristics for formation of a
company in the United Kingdom.
TASK
1. Discuss the broad historical structure of UK Employment Law and indicate who you think
UK Employment Law favours – either employers or employees.
The legislation of employment has drastically changed since the year of 1833 in order to
regularise the rights and interest of employees. The removal of certain acts such as Slavery Act
and Factory Act 1833 abolished the employment enforced on children who are under 9 years of
age. Over the last 150 years, things have changed a lot in order to provide appropriate rights of
workers who are working in an organisation. Earlier the employees were treated as slaves
through employers who acted as servants (Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna, Esser and MacNeil, 2021) .
There has been a major change in employment law over the past years with ability to improve
the complexities and irregularities of employment in the country of UK.
There has been major development in the law of employment over the past years with
developments in legislation which are mentioned below: