Chapter 3

Question 1

PESTEL analysis

Answer 1

Political
Economic
Social 
Technological
Environmental legal

Question 2

Main aims of business legislation (4)

Answer 2

Maintaining and protecting the rights of consumers

Protecting employees from actions of their employers

Protect society (eg environmental legislation)

Protect businesses from other businesses (eg monopolies and mergers)

Question 3

Sources of legal authority

Answer 3

Regional
Federal government eg Welsh parliament
Local councils

National
Parliament
Courts

Supra-National
UN
International court of justice
International trade agreements
European Parliament and court

Question 4

Constructive dismissal

Answer 4

Employee forced to resign because employer has breached terms of contract of employment

Question 5

Unfair dismissal

Answer 5

To be fair, must be due to lack of capabilities or qualifications, misconduct, redundancy, or legal reasons

Question 6

Wrongful dismissal

Answer 6

Employer breaks terms of contact during dismissal eg. Gives insufficient notice period

Question 7

Redundancy

Answer 7

Redundancy occurs when a business needs to reduce the size of its workforce to ensure that the business can continue to operate in the future.

Employee still has rights
Right to consultation
The right to a reasonable and fair notice period
Redundancy pay
Redundancy selection should be carried out fairly