Unit 2 - People in business (Legal controls over employment)

Question 1

Legal controls over employment

Answer 1

Governments pass legislations to protect people at work. Employers often exploit groups of people.

Question 2

Equal opportunities

Answer 2

Business have to recruit/promote people based on their skill set and characteristics not based on whether they are part of certain groups.

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

Females are not treated the same as men in the work place so government have passed laws that make the workplace more equal.

Question 4

Race and religion

Answer 4

Businesses must insure they do not discriminate against different ethnic groups.

Question 5

Disability

Answer 5

Businesses must protect disabled employees in the workplace. They must make the the workplace more friendly to disability.

Question 6

Sexual preferences

Answer 6

Business try to not let sexual preferences get in the way of an employees career and protect people with different sexual preferences.

Question 7

Age

Answer 7

Age discrimination can occur in a workplace but business try to stop age discrimination because it is the law.

Question 8

Minimum wage

Answer 8

Governments around the world have created a minimum wage which is the lowest amount of money per hour that an employer can pay an employee.