KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

Curriculum Overview KS3

Subject: Business Studies Overview effective from[date ]: September 2017

3.2.5 Legislation

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Learning activities and resources

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Impacts of legislation on the business include costs, training needs, recruitment requirements. Employment law including:  national minimum wage/living wage  the Equality Act (2010). Impacts of legislation on the business include costs, training needs, recruitment requirements. Health and safety law including: the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974).

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Employment law

To assess the impact of employment legislation on businesses. To understand the consequences of failing to follow legislation for the business.

Reference and final test – BBC Bitesize webpage on employment rights Reference – Tutor2u webpage on business and legislation Research task – students to find out the minimum wage for each age group and the living wage. Gov.uk webpage on national minimum and living wage rates BBC article on cost of National Living Wage to businesses Video on the Equality Act Teacher led explanation on the failure to follow legislation – BBC article on dyslexia discrimination case or BBC article on cancer patients discrimination Starter – show health and safety video – why do businesses worry about health and safety at work? Handout on the main consumer laws businesses have to abide by. Show consumer rights video Students create simple role plays to illustrate consumer laws being broken – the rest of the class has to guess which law has been broken. Students to create a spider diagram of the main impacts of health and safety and consumer laws on businesses. Complete question 3b) 5 marks Paper 1 June 2015.

To assess the impact of health and safety and consumer legislation on businesses. To understand the benefits of providing a

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Health and Safety law Consumer law

safe working environment.

Consumer law including trade descriptions.