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31 Cards in this Set
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1. What are the areas where the interest of employers and employees are similar? |
a. Safe working conditions b. Workers who are well trained and motivated c. For the business to last |
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2. Where are the interest of employers and employees different? |
a. The best rates of pay and benefits b. To keep production costs down |
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3. What is an example of a time where a company had to act against the interests of the workers to save the company? |
a. Mini b. Sacked 850 workers to save the factory |
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4. What is the law on breaks at work? |
a. Employers have to supply breaks to workers |
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5. How does the law protect employees’ wages? |
a. National Minimum Wage |
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6. What is the law on paternity leave? |
a. Men get two weeks paid leave when they have a baby |
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7. What is the law on maternity leave? |
a. Women are allowed up to 52 weeks leave |
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8. What is the law on paid holidays? |
a. Workers have a right to paid holidays? |
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9. What is the law on rights at work |
a. Workers have the right to be treated equally |
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10. What is the law on dismissal? |
a. Workers have a right to be given a reason if they are sacked |
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11. What does the law say about how workers have to act? |
a. Workers have a responsibility to act in a skilful careful and safe manner |
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12. What is the law on patents? |
a. The company owns the patent on any products designed during working hours |
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13. What are the environmental responsibilities of businesses? |
a. Act in a sustainable way |
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14. Name one way in which a business can act sustainably |
a. Recycling packaging |
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15. Name one way in which the government encourages responsible behaviour by businesses |
a. Companies have to pay tax on each tonne of waste they send to landfill sites |
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16. Name a tax designed to reduce carbon footprints |
a. Congestion Charge |
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17. Name tax designed to encourage people to use less fuel |
a. fuel duty and VAT |
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18. What is a trade union? |
a. An organisation which protect workers’ rights |
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19. Name four things a trade union does |
a. Campaigns for fair wages b. Campaigns for safe working conditions c. Protects workers’ rights d. Represents workers who think they have been treated unfairly |
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20. Name a union |
a. NUT (National Union of Teachers) |
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21. Name one way in which trade union can act to improve things for its members |
a. Go on strike |
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22. Give an example of when a union went on strike |
a. The NUT for teachers pay |
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23. What is the advantage of a trade union for an employer? |
a. They have one group of people to talk to |
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24. What is an employers’ association? |
a. A group which represents the views of employers |
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25. Name an employers’ association |
a. The Institute of Directors |
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26. Name one thing an employers association can campaign for |
a. Reduced taxes |
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27. What is patent law? |
a. A law preventing people copying inventions of other companies |
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28. What is copyright law? |
a. A law to stop people copying other people’s creative work e.g. books or films |
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29. What is Corporate Social Responsibility? |
a. When companies work to protect the environment and communities |
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30. What is the benefit of a business being responsible? |
a. Increased popularity and sell more |
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31. How can businesses check their level of social responsibility? |
a. Researching the amount of customer and employee satisfaction b. Monitor levels of waste and recycling |
