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Aims And Objectives Of Employment Regulation

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Activity 1

1.1 Explain the aims and objectives of employment regulation.

The aim of employment law regulation is to provide legal protection to employees and employers the relationship between businesses.

Objectives of Employment Law:

Social justice is the distribution of difference in society and is based on equality and its opportunity.
Within the workplace, social justice also refers to access to rights and fairness.

Employee protection employment rights are designed to balance the expectations of the job with the fair treatment of the employee doing it. Employee rights at work come from both as statutory rights and his/her employment contract.

European law
As part of the European Union, the UK is a subject to European law, with European law having authority and take the place of any domestic law. This means that domestic law should be done in the same way with European law.

Most EU law is also introduced into UK law via statutes. European Union directive can be interpreted into domestic law as it is less specific and most European Union influence on UK employment law has been through directives.

The sources of employment law are:
• Legislation
• European law
• Codes of practice & regulations.

The main source of employment law is statutes:
• Acts of Parliament = Equality Act 2010

Equal Opportunities legislation sets out that all employees should receive the same pay and conditions for carrying out the same or approximately similar work.

• EU Law =

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