Legal Factors Flashcards
National minimum wage
Compulsory wage workers are entitled to
National living wage
New minimum wage rate for those aged 25 and over. Exactly the same as national minimum wage with a different name
Contract law
A legally binding agreement between two or more parties. Most business relationships are of contractual nature and so contract law sets out the basic framework of rights and obligations. A contract may be an offer to supply something at a particular time and of a particular quantity.
When a breach of contract occurs or is alleged, one of both parties may wish to have the contract enforced on its terms, or may try to recover for any financial harm caused by the alleged breach. If a dispute over a contract arises and informal attempts at resolution fail, the most common next step is a lawsuit.
Weights and measures act
It’s an offence to give ‘short measures’ or an incorrect indication of the amount of a product on sale, of a product is labelled 1 litre, that’s what it should contain.
The sanction for breaching this act is a fine.
Data protection act
Concerns how a business stores and uses the personal information of a customer and employees.
Breaches of this law could lead to a fine of up to £500 000
The health and safety act 1974
It has been extended to take account of new issues and hazards such as repetitive strain injury or possible damage to the eyes from at computer screens that people were not fully aware of, or didn’t exists when the original act was passed. Businesses must comply with the following: ensure the building itself is safe, ensure the temperature in the working environment is certain within limits, fits guard onto machinery to prevent accidents etc.
A breach of this can result in a fine up to or around £20 000
Smoking in the workplace 2007
Businesses must display ‘no smoking’ signs in all workplaces and vehicles- no smoking signs in wales must be in both welsh and English to make sure people don’t smoke in enclosed work premises or shared vehicles. Staff smoking rooms aren’t allowed, they must go outside.
The sanction for breaching this is a business can be fines up to £2500 if they don’t stop people smoking in the workplace, or up to £1000 if they don’t display signs.
Consumer rights act 2015/ sales of goods act
Goods must fit their description, be of satisfactory quality, and fit for the purpose specified.
If it doesn’t fit this criteria, within 30 days customers can claim their money back. After 30 days, a full refund can be given, but that’s in their own discretion, but they may: offer an exchange, a partial refund, or repair the good.
A customer has a total of 6 years to complain about a good.
Intellectual property
Intangible properties that is the result of creativity
Trademark
A company can register a trade mark for its business name, slogan, logo and other items that essentially brand the product or company/ indicate the source of the good
Copyright
Legal ownership of material such as books, music and films, which prevents these being copied by others
Planning legislation
You need planning permission when: you want to build something new, you want to make a major change to your building, or if you want to change the use of your building.
If you don’t have planning permission and you build something you will have to remove it or take it down.
Exists because: fair to neighbours, to find issues before they begin building.
The environmental health act (1990)/ protection act
An act dealing with issues relating got defining all aspects of waste management, waste on land, and place a duty on local authority to collect waste. As a business, there’s a duty to ensure any waste you produce is handled safely and within the law and stored here it doesn’t harm humans.
The safe drinking water act (1974)
Protect public drinking supplies through the country.
Focussed on all waters for drinking use
Minimum standard establishes.
Clean air act
Prohibits dark smoke
