Intermediate Certificate/Diploma in HRM

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Week 3

Assessment briefing

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PRESENTATION
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Assessment brief

Writing a presentation

Questions and answers

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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1 Understand the 1.1 Explain the aims and objectives of employment regulation. Assessment
purpose of employment
regulation and the way it
1.2 Describe the role played by the tribunal and courts system in Assessment
is enforced in practice.
enforcing employment law.
1.3 Explain how cases are settled before and during formal legal Assessment
procedures.
2 Know how to manage 2.1 Identify the main principles of discrimination law in recruitment Assessment
recruitment and and selection and in employment.
selection activities
2.2 Explain how contracts of employment are established. Assessment
lawfully..

3 Know how to manage 3.1 Describe when and how contracts can be changed lawfully. Assessment
change and
reorganisation lawfully.
3.2 Explain the main requirements of redundancy law. Assessment

3.3 Explain the main requirements of the law on business transfers. Assessment

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4 Know how to manage 4.1 Identify the major statutory rights workers have in the fields of pay, Assessment
issues relating to pay leave and working time.
and working time lawfully.
4.2 Explain the major requirements of equal pay law. Assessment

4.3 Explain major maternity, paternity and other family-friendly Assessment

employment rights..

5 Be able to ensure that 5.1 Identify the major requirements of health and safety law Assessment
staff are treated lawfully
when they are at work.
5.2 Explain the significance of implied duties as regards the Assessment
management of employees at work

5.3 Explain the principles of the law on freedom of association Assessment

6 Know how to manage 6.1 Explain the main requirements of unfair dismissal law in respect of Assessment
performance and capability and misconduct issues..
disciplinary matters
lawfully. 6.2 Explain the scope of the right for employees to be accompanied at Assessment
serious discipline and grievance hearings.

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ASSESSMENT BRIEFING

Creation of a 30 minute training programme

You are the HR Adviser in an organisation. You have been asked to put together a
30-minute training session for a group of newly recruited line managers. You can
presume that your audience has minimal experience of managing people, and no
experience of employment law.
The presentation you are giving is part of their induction process, and the brief is to
give an overview of the legal issues that they must understand when managing
people.
The Assessment brief is available on the VLE.
You will be required to produce
• slides that you would use in your presentation
• notes that you would use to accompany your presentation

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ASSESSMENT BRIEF CONTINUED
Specifically, you must cover
1. The aims and objectives of employment law. You must include the role of the Employment Tribunal and other
courts in the UK in enforcing the law, and the ways of settling disputes before and during the Employment
Tribunal process. (AC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
2. The importance of ensuring that the recruitment and selection process of new employees is fair. In addressing
this point you must outline the key issues relating to discrimination and explain how a contract of employment
is created. (AC 2.1, 2.2)
3. The law to be aware of as organisations change and develop. In addressing this you must highlight the
processes to be followed when varying a contract of employment, managing redundancies and addressing a
transfer of undertaking. (AC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
4. The key rights that employees have during employment. Here you must cover working time, pay (including
equal pay) and family friendly rights specifically including maternity and paternity rights. Highlight the areas
that you think are most important for line managers to know about. (AC 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
5. The protection that the law gives to employees. Here your employer has asked you to specifically address
health and safety, the implied duties of the contract of employment and freedom of association. There should
be an example of at least two implied duties and an explanation of what happens when these duties are
breached (which will include reference to constructive dismissal). (AC 5.1, 5.2, 5.3)
6. How the law requires disciplinary situations relating to capability and conduct to be addressed. You must
explain the procedures that line managers have to follow. You must explain the right of employees to be
accompanied during formal disciplinary or grievance hearings. (AC 6.1, 6.2)

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WHAT IS REQUIRED?

Evidence must be produced – you need to ensure you back up what you are saying.

• Legal authorities – legislation, case law

• Academic arguments on the application of the law to practical situations
• Use information in a critical and informed way
• References – ensure all sources are referenced in the notes/slides where appropriate
• In the notes, use Harvard referencing and include a bibliography
• References and bibliography are not included in your word count
• No more than 15 slides
• No more than 3900 words
• NOTE: You do not have to give the presentation

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QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF

1 What is the assessment actually asking you to cover?

2 How will you structure your presentation?
3 How will you manage and monitor the word count?
4 How does the work from your studies help you to answer the questions? Consider
the laws that apply.
5 How can you demonstrate application of your learning to the organisational context?
6 How will you ensure assessment requirements are met (the learning outcomes)?

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The assessment criteria are listed next to each learning outcome.

When answering each of the six questions, look back to the assessment criteria and ensure that you
have addressed each of them – thus you will meet all the learning outcomes.
You could use a table

Question to be answered Assessment criteria

1. The aims and objectives of 1.1 Explains the aims and objectives
employment law …. of employment regulation
1.2 Describe the role played by the
tribunal and courts system in
enforcing employment law
1.3 Explain how cases are settled
before the during formal legal
proceedings

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STRUCTURE

Presentation slides – no more than 15 – six questions to be answered.

There are 16 assessment criteria – one for each? Decide which two will be combined.

Notes to accompany the slides

3900 words maximum – six questions – 650 words each – but does not have to be equally divided –
think about which questions might need more words (700 perhaps) and which can be answered in
fewer words.

Remember your audience

• This is a presentation aimed at line managers with no prior knowledge of employment law
• But always bear in mind that this is an academic piece of work, the aim of which is meet the
requirements of the unit! So, for example, don’t forget Harvard referencing, and use of references
to relevant law (legislation and case law)

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REFERENCES

Ensure you use Harvard referencing – see the Resource Zone on the VLE for more guidance
In addition, as this is a law assessment, you will need to reference statute and cases.
Legislation
On first reference, cite the full name and date of legislation, for example Employment Rights Act 1996.
Refer to relevant sections/schedules also.
Further references can be abbreviated; for example ERA
At the end, include a list of statutes used – again, use full citation: Employment Rights Act 1996
Case law
On first reference, cite the full name of a case; for example British Homes Stores Ltd v Burchell (1978).
Further references can be abbreviated to the name of the claimant; for example Burchell.
In the bibliography, include a list of cases used – again using the full name and the source, so
British Home Stores Limited v Burchell [1978] IRLR 379
or it could be a reference to bailii British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell, available at:
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKEAT/1978/108_78_2007.html

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HARVARD REFERENCING – IN YOUR REPORT

The year of publication is given after the name of the author

In a recent report (Taylor 2002) it was suggested that…

If there are two authors

In a recent report (Taylor and Brown 2002) it was suggested that…

If there are more than two authors

In a recent report (Taylor et al 2002) it was suggested that…

If you wish to cite individual pages, quote or paraphrase the content of a document, the page
number(s) should be included after the date and separated by a comma
In a recent report (Taylor and Brown 2002, p236)
In a recent report (Taylor and Brown 2002, pp236-238)

Where you need to cite more than one work published in the same year by the same author, you
can indicate this as follows
In a recent report (Taylor 2002a)
In a recent report (Taylor 2002b) etc

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HARVARD REFERENCING – REFERENCE LIST/BIBLIOGRAPHY

If a textbook has 3 authors, they should be displayed in the reference list, eg

Truss, C., Mankin, D. and Kelliher, C., 2012. Strategic Human Resource Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

If a book has an editor(s) or a compiler rather than an author, it will need to be cited as
Taylor, S. and Woodhams, K., eds., 2017. Studying Human Resource Management. 2nd ed. London: CIPD.

References for journal articles with author

Barrett, S., 2011. ‘Economical ways to increase awareness’. Employee Benefits (Financial Education supplement) [online]. April.
Available at: https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/issues/april-2011/financial-education-economical-ways-to-increase-employee-
awareness/ [Accessed 9 July 2018].

References to reports written by organisations and published online

CIPD (2012) Business savvy – giving HR the edge [online]. London: CIPD. Available at
www.cipd.co.uk/hr_resources/research/business-savvy-giving-her-edge.aspx [Accessed 5 March 2018].

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