How up-to-date are you on UK employment legislation?
Each year employers are faced with not only more and more regulations, but changes to existing legislation too!
Test your knowledge, by taking a few minutes to look through the following questions and tick the most appropriate box.
To check your accuracy, just send us a quick email and we will forward the answers to you – good luck!
1.
When must you give a new employee a written statement setting out their main terms and conditions?
A
Within 2 months
B
Within 3 months
C
Within 6 months
2.
What is the National Minimum Wage for those aged 22 or over? (from October 2008)?
A
£5.85
B
£4.95
C
£5.73
3.
How many employees do you need, before you have to offer relevant employees access to a stakeholder pension scheme?
A
4 or more
B
5 or more
C
6 or more
4.
What is the minimum amount of paid annual leave that you must give your employees (from April 09)?
A
2.8 weeks
B
5.6 weeks
C
4.8 weeks
5.
What are the most hours that should be worked in an average week according to Working Time Regulations?
A
45 hours
B
48 hours
C
50 hours
6.
How long is statutory paternity leave?
A
Up to 3 days
B
Up to 1 week
C
Up to 2 weeks
7.
What is the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal? (excluding health and safety, or whistle-blowing claims, which are uncapped)
A
£63,000
B
£60,680
C
£58,400
If you have found this quiz helpful, you may be interested in our more comprehensive Employment Checklist – which is also set out as a self completion questionnaire, but covers many more areas of employment responsibility.
