Employment Relations & Law: Employment Law Report and Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of employment law in the UK, focusing on the various acts and statutes enacted since 1970 and their impact on Human Resources (HR) departments. It begins with an introduction to employment law, defining its role in regulating employer-employee relations and covering essential rights and responsibilities. The main body of the report identifies key legislation, such as the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010, and explains the rationale behind their introduction, emphasizing the protection of employee rights, ensuring fair wages, and maintaining a safe working environment. The report critically evaluates the merits of individual employment law, highlighting benefits like minimum wage protection, equality, and employment contracts. It assesses the impact of these laws on organizations, including the positive effects on employee relations and company image, and discusses how organizations have adapted to conform to the legislation. The report also explores the merits and negative aspects of employment law, considering alternatives, and concludes with a summary of the key findings and their implications for employment practices.

Employment Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1. Identification of the various acts and statutes ........................................................................3
2. why legislation has been introduced in employment law......................................................4
3. A critical overview of the merits of individual employment law...........................................5
4. Impact of these pieces of legislation.......................................................................................6
5. What are the merits of employment law................................................................................6
6. What are the negative aspects to employment law.................................................................7
7. Explain The alternatives to employment law..........................................................................8
8. How organisations have adapted to conform to the legislation..............................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Employment law is mainly the rules and the laws that are being embodied for
maintaining the relation of employees and employers. There has been framed that all the laws
and the body of rules which are incorporated in order to make the work and regulate the
relationship of the employers in terms of all the hiring and all the facilities that are being
provided to them in the organisation (Ozimek, 2019). Through the employment law all the
statues and the rights are being covered and there important areas with rights and responsibilities
are being concerned. This report will cover the assessment of the employment law and its critical
analysis in all the legislation there by being made and also the positive and the negative aspects
of legislation there by being made.
MAIN BODY
1. Identification of the various acts and statutes
The employment law regulates all the relations and the regions through which the all the
work and fair processes are being taking place in order to make all the work in certain areas. This
law governs the right of all the employees being working in the organisation, it creates a varies
impact in all the areas and nature through which the employees being protects and secured by
obtaining various rights this list is not exhaustive there are many more Acts which come under
the umbrella of employment law (McGinley and Porter, 2020). In UK there are various laws and
the acts that are being made for the protection of the right of employees they are as follows: Employment Rights Act 1996- This act covers all the rights relating to paternity leave,
unfair dismissal, maternity leave etc. Employment Relation 1999- it gives the right for all the recognitions like for trade
unions, industrial actions etc. and also helps to protect the rights of the trade unions in all
the companies. Equality Act 2010- This act helps to remove the discrimination in the work place with all
the equality among the workers and the employees. This also frames to maintain equality
in all the companies and individual through which there has been made no discrimination
in any areas. Transfer of Undertakings Regulation 2006- It helps in the protection of all the
employees rights and the protection being made for them in all the benefits.

 Agency Workers Regulations 2010- It helps in removing the discrimination in the
workers who tends to work in the agency. And also maintain there rights of being
working in an areas as a part time and still protecting there right of working in a better
way and manner (Engblom and Lundberg, 2019).
Thus, all the statues there by governs the specific rights like rights of receiving notice
with that all the pay scale that has been designed for the person there by and also the working
hours are being covered in the employment law. It help out to maintain all the law and the orders
through certain methods in which the regulations being imposed are covered as in a normal rule
and work.
2. why legislation has been introduced in employment law
Legislation there by is made as in order to protect the rights and the responsibilities of all
the employees. As there has been observed that most of the employees were unaware about there
rights in the organisation and with that there has been analysed that a a lot of issues were being
raised that amounts to the pay scale and the issues which consolidates the working of the
employees. So the legislation has introduced there several rights which are being important for
all the employees to work in they are as follow:
There has been seen that all the zero hour contract, the minimum wage level and all the
areas through which the working can there by be maintained and employees will not be forced to
work in various areas and regions. The working hour, equal pay, employment contracts and all
the harassment that can be taken place in the employees area are there by be considered in the
employment law. Thus legislation helps out all the employees in protecting there rights and the
overview which makes them to frame the minimum wages standard (Woolham and et. al., 2019).
The main reason of introduction of the legislation is to protect the employees right in all
the organisation and with that to make there jobs and identity secure and try to maintain all the
healthy and safe environment.
The laws enacted for the rights of the workers, trade unions, employees are been more
important and there has been framed that all such laws make the commitment and the safety
measures for all the employees.
All the harassment and the issues which use to take place in all the working areas are
being taken upfront and by the help of legislation there has been analysed that various rules and
the norm,s were being made in order to maintain all the dignity in the working environment and

a safe and sound working culture can be maintained. The legislation pertain s to be the boon for
all the employees as they gets all the rights and the liabilities through which there working in any
areas can be framed and maintained and there will not be made any issues in regarding to the
legal and other manners (Rubery and et. al., 2018).
3. A critical overview of the merits of individual employment law.
Individual employment law is being governed in order to maintain the rights and duties of
a particular individual. As this refers to be the document set out between the employer and
employees in order to maintain the legal relation. There has been observed all the individuals
carries a personal rights in all the organisations which helps them out to maintain the effective
relation in all the areas. There has been observed that these individual rights provides certain
benefits which are as follows: Minimum Wages Act- This act helps the individual which is working in the organisation
to protect there right by maintaining all the proper wage that are being assigned for all the
employees. There will not be made any discrimination in any wages which is being
provided to the person working over there. Equality act- This act implies the protection of the person by giving them equal rights
and duties as that of other employees through this act the employee tends to be treated
fairly and equally and there will not be any discrimination on the basis of age, sex,
working conditions etc. Thus this act protects all the individual to be treated equally and
should get proper wages without any problem.
 Employment relation act- This act helps out an individual working in the organisation to
maintain all the work and there will be the contract that has been assigned in between
them for all the legal duties and the rights that will be governed to them. This implies that
the individual in all the employment law considers to have the right to frame a contract
that is being important for them (Fabbrini, F. ed., 2017).
All these acts protects the rights of the individual in all the working areas and the
organisation and helps to maintain there provident rights that implies to be termed as no
discrimination is being framed. The acts helps out to maintain the clear and equal responsibilities
and with that all the employees get the equal rights and can maintain the working without any
issue.

4. Impact of these pieces of legislation.
The acts and the statutes being made in all the organisation frames out to, maintain the
rules and the benefits through which they can there by get all the rights and the save
environment. As the legislation helps the employees to work according to the acts that has been
issued and this protects them from any illegal activity that can be taken place. There has been
analysed that through the equality act, employment relation act, minimum wages acts all the
employees there by get the equal rights and the rules which makes them to get the major records
and the benefits and there serving right is being protected with that he wages and the leaves and
the termination can thereby be made according to all the laws and the acts that are made.
The organisation also get the positive impact through all these acts as there has been
made that all the rules and the laws which are being made can be identified and there has been
analysed that all the laws in the companies and the organisation will be made according to it and
this helps them out to maintain the rules and making there good image among the employees. All
the acts that are being made in the organisation can covers out to be the important for all the
regulation and there has been seen that certain teams and the management of the companies are
being dependent on the acts. The rules and regulation and the acts made by the legislation is
concerned with it.
Thus, all these legislation maintains out the important areas and the natures through
which there can be maintain a growth and the equality in all the sectors and the employees tend
to outgrow in all the important areas through which this helps out to give them the beneficial
terms in the employment. Through all these methods and the legislation it covers out to maintain
all the nature and this implies to maintain the equal opportunity kin working area. The companies
there by protects all the rights of the individuals and also the trade unions who use to protects the
rights of all the employees (Opute, Hack-Polay and Rigby, 2021).
5. What are the merits of employment law.
The employment law plays a major role in all the organisation as it protects all the
employers and employees relations in between them there has been maintained that there are
certain advantages of the employment law they are as follows:
 All the employees in the organisations are treated fairly and this helps them out as no
employee tend to leave the company for the unfair treatment is proper employment law is
being applied.

 Through the employment law the employers and the manager gets the varies guidelines
on the way an employee there by be treated and the manner in which all the employees
can work.
 It motivates the employees who were working in the company by maintaining there rights
and taking actions for all the unfair treatment that has been taken place with them.
 When the practise of employment law is being taken place in any company this helps out
to all the individuals that the trade unions and the employees will not make any strikes for
the company and there has been seen that all the working tin the company and the
reputation of the organisation is being raised.
 It helps to prevent the conflicts that use to arise in between the company and the
employees and help out to maintain the friendly relation with them so as that also affect
the image of the organisation.
 The employees especially the women feel safe in the organisation as they maintain cells
that helps them out to frame the strict punishment for all the person in the who has done
any thing wrong.
 This helps the organisation to maintain the ethical norms and values of the company and
maintaining the moral cultures (Lain, 2017).
6. What are the negative aspects to employment law.
The employment law whereby in maintain all the norms and the cultures frames out all
the methods through which certain rules and regulations being made. It is generalised that all
theses acts and statues that are being made for the benefits of the employees creates a major
impact on the individuals too. This covers out in for all certain demerits which makes it difficult
to frame all the norms and the cultures they are as follows:
 As due to the maternity act the employees there by will get the maternity pay also which
makes them benefit of not working and getting the full pay and this somehow effects the
organisation.
 All these laws which are being made increase the cost in all the areas and affects the
company in all there working manner (Hook and Wass, 2017).
 All these laws will have to be monitored properly as it means that all the laws implies
that there has been taken all the rules which makes them to frame all the rules and with
that all the cultural aspect through which the business can there by be framed.

 There has been taken so much time in carrying and implementing all the laws.
 The redundancy also effects the working of the employees and creates a bad image of all
the people as it affects the employees as the jobs are not secured in it.
 Many business which takes place do not follow al;l the rules and regulations in there
working area (Lee and et. al., 2021).
7. Explain The alternatives to employment law.
There are various acts which helps to provide all the protection to the employees that also
through various means and areas. There has been made various alternatives through which all the
rights there by being protected. Disability Discrimination Act 1995- It helps to provide protection from all the
discrimination that has been made to the employees in the working zone and also treats
all the men and women with all equal rights. Human Rights Act 1998- This act pertains the rights which are being made for the
individual who are being working in any areas and also variably protecting the right in
respect of all the Individual being working over there. Protection form Harassment Act- By employment act there has been seen that all the
harassment which is being happened in all the areas, the persons there by being protected
in order to maintain all the rules and the regulations which embodies in the cultural
aspects and the discrimination can be framed by them so as to provide the nature of the
work. Companies Act- All the organisation and companies can there by add on all the
corporation rights and the responsibilities which pertains them to take all the record and
analysis in varies manner and regulates all the,laws that the organisation there by has to
follow. Companies act has attained all the records and the regulations in which the
contracted company will have to behave in certain manner and has to maintain all the
employee and managers relation through which they can gain more growth (Herbert and
et. al., 2020).
 Sex discrimination act- This act helps out to avoid all the discrimination that use to take
place in all the individual on the basis of sex as that implies to be a crime and all the
companies pertains to create all the nature over there. In this act all the women and the
men will get equal opportunity and there will not be made any discrimination on there

working and all the work will be assigned to them according to the capabilities of the
persons working.
Thus all these acts helps to protect all the rights of the individual as in order to
maintain the law and order in all the organisation there has been seen that it covers out the role
which embarks to frame the nature and the growth in all the organisation.
8. How organisations have adapted to conform to the legislation.
The organisation there by has maintained various legislation through which all the
companies and there growth is being comprised there has been seen that all the organisational
work pertains out to be important. The organisations there by in order to maintain the work and
the implemented conditions tries to frame various guidelines through which the rights of the
employees can be protected and the employees can tend to maintain all the equal opportunities to
all the workers.
There has been observed that several organisations has made certain policies which
carries all the rules that led out for the government and that helps out to maintain the equal
opportunity in that working areas. The policies carries the regulations through which the working
of the employees and the employers can be covered out (Saha and et. al., 2018).
There has also been analysed that various cells were been made by the organisations in
border to maintain the law and order in the company and with that to promote all the regulation
that will help pout to frame the various working. The safety and security of the women is there
by being the important element and there has been made that all the corporations nowadays are
appointing teams through which the companies there by maintain the working environment in
the areas and nature this embarks to create all the accord and the safety for the women working
in all the areas.
CONCLUSION
From this above report it has been concluded that, employment law is the most important
law in all the organisation as it maintains the balance in between the managers and the

employees. There has been seen that all the person who are being working in the organisation
will have to follow all the rules through which the rights of the employees governs. The acts and
the statutes helps to protect the rights of employees and the legislation is there by being the
important element in all the areas this has been seen that there are certain merits and demerits of
the employment act and it protects various right and save them from all the crimes that has been
led by them.

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