Peter applied for a job as an assistant in the distribution centre of a national furniture chain called Savesome. He was invited to an interview and at the interview was verbally offered the job. He was asked to start on 1.9.16 at 8.30 am, at their Luton branch. He was told that his annual salary would be £20,000 and that he was entitled to 3 week’s holiday per year. He started work as agreed, having received no formal written confirmation or contract of employment. On 30.10.16 he received a written statement in the post which stated his employer, his start date, the store address and where he should go to get advice on any grievance. In the staff room at work, pinned to the notice board, are details of sick pay and relevant procedures. Evaluate the impact that employment rights in the workplace have had on businesses, using decided cases and recent statutes to justify conclusions acording to UK law

Saif attends an interview for his first job after leaving college. He is offered a labouring job with a building firm. A week after the interview he received written confirmation of what was agreed to at the interview: the start date, the pay, and procedures for grievance and disciplinary matters. He receives nothing further in writing. He starts work and then discovers that given the hours per week that he is expected to work, he is not earning the minimum wage. Further to this, after working for two months, he is told he has to go and work on a site in Germany for a month. Apart from the address of the German site, he is given no further information. what the written statement of employment particulars and the contract of employment must include to comply with the UK law.

Saif attends an interview for his first job after leaving college. He is offered a labouring job with a building firm. A week after the interview he received written confirmation of what was agreed to at the interview: the start date, the pay, and procedures for grievance and disciplinary matters. He receives nothing further in writing. He starts work and then discovers that given the hours per week that he is expected to work, he is not earning the minimum wage. Further to this, after working for two months, he is told he has to go and work on a site in Germany for a month. Apart from the address of the German site, he is given no further information. Examine employment rights and how those rights impact on a business and its employees in UK law.

Peter has been in his job for 10 years. The manager he has reported to for 9 of these years has just retired and for the last year he has had a new manager called Bob. Until now Peter has always received top grades in his annual appraisals and been commended for his reliability, record of attendance and good work.Bob constantly criticises Peter’s work, sets him unreasonable targets and regularly swears and shouts at him in the work place in front of colleagues.The strain of all this is making Peter ill, and he is considering giving his notice in.Explore the legal approach used to resolve this employment work-based issues in UK law

Peter (Television) plc Profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December Year 2 Mn. Year 2 Year 1 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Revenue 720 600 Cost of sales (432) (348) Gross profit 288 252 Distribution costs (72) (54) Administrative expenses (87) (81) (159) (135) Operating profit 129 117 Interest payable (24) (24) Profit before taxation 105 93 Taxation (42) (37) Profit for the period for ordinary equity holders 63 56 Balance sheet as at 31 December Year 2 Year 2 Year 1 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Non-current (fixed) assets: Land and buildings 600 615 Plant and equipment 555 503 1,155 1,118 Current assets: Inventories (stock) 115 82 Trade receivables (debtors) 89 61 Prepayments 10 9 Bank 6 46 220 198 Current liabilities Trade payables (creditors) (45) (30) Taxation (21) (19) Accruals (29) (25) (95) (74) Net current assets 125 124 1,280 1,242 6% Debentures (400) (400) 880 842 Ordinary shares of Rs. Each 500 500 Retained earnings 380 342 Share capital and reserves 880 842 Extract from directors’ report The directors propose a dividend of 6.0 pence per share in respect of Year 2 (Year 1: 5.0 pence), amounting to £30m in total (Year 1: £25m). Notes to the financial statements: Reconcilation of movements in equity Rs. Share capital and reserves at the end of year 1 842 Less dividend paid in respect of year 1 (25) Add profit for year 2 63 Share capital and reserves at the end of year 2 880 Share price information When investors evaluate share price, they take the most up-to-date price available. However, for the exercise of comparing financial ratios it is useful to take the share prices immediately, after the preliminary announcement at the end of February or beginning of March, representing the market’s opinion when the accounting information has not become too much out of date. Rs. Market price at 1 March Year 2 202 Market price at 1 March Year 3 277 QUESTION.     Calculate and interpret following ratios from the above information §  Investor ratios §  Liquidity ratios §  Leverage ratios §  Profitability ratios

Thank you for your application for the Web Assistant role at ercol Furniture Ltd. To proceed this application to the next stage could you please answer the questions below.As per the Job Specification this is an office-based role, full time in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9PX. Could you please confirm that you would be able happy to travel to the office Monday – Friday and work 9am – 5pm.Also, could you please advise us of your salary expectations.Kind Regards,Monika