Employment Rights

Which one of the following statements is correct?

• An employee works under a contract for services

• A self-employed person works under a contract of service

• A worker works under a contract for services.

• A worker can bring a claim of unfair dismissal.

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 the minimum amount of notice that an employer has to give an employee who has worked for him for two and a half years is:

• 1 week.

• 2 week.

• 1 month

• 2 months

What is meant by constructive dismissal?

• Where there is a serious breach of contract by the employer which entitles the employee to treat it as terminated.

• Where an employee is guilty of gross misconduct and the employer dismisses him immediately.

• If an employer dismisses the employee without giving him the notice agreed in his contract.

• Where an employee is dismissed for an unfair reason.

Which one the following kind of dismissal is automatically fair?

• Employee is persistently late for work.

• Employee is incompetent

• Employee is made redundant.

• Employee takes part in unofficial industrial action.

Which of the following is not an automatically unfair dismissal?

• Dismissal because someone is part-time.

• Dismissal for reason relating to pregnancy.

• Dismissal taking time off to look after a sick child.

• Dismissal for asserting the right to a minimum wage.

Employers are responsible for ensuring all their employees receive certain basic employment rights. These rights are governed by detailed employment legislation

• True

• False

Employment Rights include

• The Right to privacy

• To be treated in a fair and morally acceptable way

• Freedom from discrimination.​

• All of the above

Contractual rights, differ from job to job. They are agreed by an employer and employee and are specified in that employee’s contract of employment.

• True

• False

Which one of these statements is incorrect:

The Rights you have in work include;

• The right to a lunch break

• Sick pay

• To receive less than the National minimum wage.

• Maternity, Paternity and adoptive leave.

Statutory rights are passed by parliament and apply to everyone in the world of work in the UK. They guarantee things like an employee’s right to safety in the workplace (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974) and the employee’s right to view any personal information held by an employer about him or her (Data Protection Act 1998).

• True

• False