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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26487262. The relationship between business and the political and legal environment. You will be able to: AO4 Discuss the impact of legislation relating to business
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The relationship between business and the political and legal environment You will be able to: AO4 Discuss the impact of legislation relating to business AO4 Evaluate responses of businesses to a changing political and legal environment
AO4 Discuss the impact of legislation relating to business AO4 Evaluate responses of businesses to a changing political and legal environment What do you need to know? Need to have a broad understanding of the scope and impact of the following legislation: • employment law • consumer protection • environmental protection and • health and safety.
AO4 Discuss the impact of legislation relating to business AO4 Evaluate responses of businesses to a changing political and legal environment Investigate the following: • Current minimum wage rates: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates • How do these compare with wage rates of your chosen country? How will these rates effect a business’s decision about where to locate? Old data here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_minimum_wage • Find out three facts about one employment law apart from the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Is there a legal minimum temperature for a place of work? Is there a maximum temperature? http://www.education.gov.uk/popularquestions/a005628/temperatures-in-classrooms • Find three facts about a consumer protection law, but not the Sale of Goods Act 1979 • What is the link between the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the EU?