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Chapter 7 Self-test questions
Employment I: employment status, equal pay, and equality
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The common law tests to establish 'employee' status does NOT include which of the following?
The reasonable employer test
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The control test
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The mixed test
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The 'business in own account' test
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Which document is an employee entitled to receive within two months of the start of employment (as provided for in s. 1 ERA 1996)
A copy of the employers' liability insurance details
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The staff handbook
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The contract of employment
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The written particulars of employment
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In which of the following is an implied term in a contract of employment NOT found?
Statutes
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The written statement of particulars
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Customs
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A works handbooks
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In a claim of equal pay, the comparator that may be used is:
A person employed by a different employer to the claimant in a different establishment
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A person of the same sex as the claimant
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The claimant's predecessor
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The claimant's successor
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A material factor defence to a claim of unequal pay does NOT include which of the following?
Women are not as physically strong as men
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Market forces (eg where it is necessary to provide pay at different rates to entice workers from the private sector into the public sector
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Regional variations: an employer may seek to justify differences in pay because the claimant's and comparator's work exist in different locations
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Red-circle agreements
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In relation to determining the legitimacy of a provision, criterion or practice in a claim of indirect discrimination, which of the following is NOT a question to be used by the courts in achieving this objective?
Is the objective to be achieved sufficiently important to justify limiting a right provided by the law
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Is the measure taken by the employer associated with the objective
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Is the measure no more onerous than necessary to achieve this objective
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Is the measure the most cost effective method of achieving this objective
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A claimant must bring their claim for discrimination:
Within six years of the first instance of discrimination
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Within six months of the first instance of discrimination
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Within three months of the discriminatory act / within three months of the discrimination ending
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At any time that is convenient for the claimant
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Part-time workers do NOT have the right to equality with their full-time counterparts on a pro-rata basis in which of the following areas:
Over-time pay having completed their normal (part-time) contracted hours
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Access to pension schemes
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Holiday leave
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Sick leave
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Following a successful claim of discrimination, which of the listed remedies may NOT be awarded by a tribunal?
An award of damages
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An order for specific performance
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A recommendation for the discrimination to be brought to an end
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To declare the rights of the complainant
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A claim for equal pay must be made within which timeframe?
Three months of the individual leaving the employment
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Twelve months of the individual leaving the employment
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At any time (the claimant is not time barred as the issue is about discriminatory actions)
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Six months of the individual leaving the employment
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