Copyright is a legal act that stops music, films, art and many more from being used without permission of the main creator of the work. This mainly became an act in 1998 and protects all the work which ensures if the act is broken then it will be dealt with in a civil manner as this will affect IT technician. Having a copyright violation could cost IT Technician thousands of pounds in fees which are legal. They can have potential fines, potential fees and forced subscription fees, for instant if they were using a pirated software which was copyrighted and they did not ask for permission but cracked it instead then they are violating the copyright act and this would cost IT technician a lot of money or be sent to jail. They must …show more content…
The person who is just about to join needs to sign the contract before they join the Furchester College, this contract includes multiple rules that the IT technician must follow such as the rights and regulation. The employer need to deal with any issues that come into the workplace and not avoid it. The employment Law rules in Furchester will most likely include health and safety, working time regulation that they need to cover maximum hours, or time of work. Also, they can be held responsible for victimisation or discrimination by their visitors or employees to their site. When it comes to IT technician the terms and condition might include them working at weekends or nightshift at Furchester college, this is so that they can maintain the computer or servers where no one is using them so the next time and staff student use the computers or the servers it will be fast. If this type of contract does not have any rules that IT technician must follow, this will affect the troubleshoot ability with in Furchester College because IT Technician will do what he thinks is right, this could include not being patient, anger, attitude when getting frustrated which will make him take it out on students or staff. This is why it is important to state in the contract to what rules are needed so that IT technician can follow …show more content…
For example, the staff need to take extra precautions when they are running cables into tight spaces as anyone can trip over and be severely injured, also placing any network equipment in areas where people could get hurt is not a good idea. Another example is that this this would impact on troubleshooting ability because when they are following the health and safety rules they must ensure when working with computer hardware, the power plug must be unplugged as the IT Technician are at risk from getting shocked and the hardware equipment could get damaged which will result in the college paying for new one. If they fail to take computer health and security seriously then other people will start to signal that they are not bothered about their wellbeing, these legal obligations could occur in Furchester College meaning they could be in danger of paying for the damages if any PC health and security potential issue rises. Also, to keep in mind that no food or drinks should be near computer in the IT department or classes and it should not be anywhere near the computers when maintenance or repairing is going on because it could damage the hardware which will not be repairable but