Employee/Employer Rights Essay -- Business and Management Studies

Employee/Employer RightsI am writing this coursework to explain the rights andresponsibilities of employers and employees at Richer Sounds. I willalso explain the procedures to deal with disputes and with health and precaution issues that occur in Richer Sounds.First of all I will describe the main laws, which protect employeeswithin businesses. All businesses/organisations must display detailsof the health and precaution at Work Act in a prominent place. A legalrequirement at work is to have a caoutchouc environment and both employeesand employers have to abide by the Health and Safety at Work Act andvarious regulations that have followed this act. The responsibility ofsafety is that of each(prenominal) line manager and, finally, the chief executiveor head of the organisation. The Human Resources Department also havea part in Health and Safety as they provide information and support tomanagers on Health and Safety issues. Usually in large organisationsthey have a health and safe ty ships officer who has overall responsibilitiesfor health and safety policies and training. Within otherorganisations there may be a safety committee, which is made up ofrepresentatives from managers to employees. The responsibility of thisgroup is to drive sure that all legal requirements are being met. Manybusinesses also have safety representatives who attend meetings of thesafety committee. The representatives are selected by recognised careunions and elected by union members, n...