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Working life & employee rights

Lesson Plan

1. Starter - The changing nature of work - Duration 5 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Opening game invites students to place in chronological order a series of images pertaining to the changing face of work in the UK.
  • Students explore the impact of industrial developments, technology and employment law on worker rights, working hours, health and safety, stress and the working environment.
  • Awareness of the diversity of current working practices in the UK.
  • The role of employment law in improving employee rights.
  • Awareness of some of the (potentially) detrimental impacts on employees of 'advancement'.
  • Slide

Teacher Notes: 1. Starter - The changing nature of workTeacher Notes: 1. Starter - The changing nature of work

2. Employee rights - Duration 10 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Students compare the working conditions and career experiences of one of their parents (or another working adult) and a (retired) adult of the previous generation.
  • Statutory directives that have come into force to improve (and change) the face of work in the 21st century are introduced.
  • Awareness of UK statutory employment rights.
  • Consideration of different patterns of work.
  • Student Worksheet 1
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 2. Employee rightsTeacher Notes: 2. Employee rights

3. The employer's perspective - Duration 5 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Students brainstorm the varying factors that employers of large, geographically-spread, diverse workforces have to consider, including location, skill-sets, office space, working hours, equal pay and health and safety.
  • The breadth of application of Working Time Regulations.
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 3. The employer's perspectiveTeacher Notes: 3. The employer's perspective

4. An employer manifesto - Duration 20 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Using case studies of serving members of the Armed Forces, students identify the varied means by which the MOD fulfils its commitment to staff (and adheres to the UK Working Time Regulations) e.g. hours of work, health and safety, conditions and equal opportunities.
  • Applied understanding of the UK Working Time Regulations.
  • Consider employee contractual commitment and the need for flexibility in specific roles.
  • Student Worksheet 2

Teacher Notes: 4. An employer manifestoTeacher Notes: 4. An employer manifesto

5. Key terms - Duration 5 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • As a group, students brainstorm the employee rights covered within this lesson and list them on the board under the headings 'statutory rights' and 'contractual rights'.
  • Revise and consolidate key terms.
  • None

Teacher Notes: 5. Key termsTeacher Notes: 5. Key terms

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