1. Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace

2. Lesson Aims To understand the role of trade unions To understand that both employers and employees have responsibilities in the workplace Lesson Outcomes To have completed a gap-fill exercise explaining the role of trade unions To have written your own contract between students and the school

3. Understanding the role of trade unions Read through the text and insert the correct words into the gaps. If you have finished then read through the information about contracts of employment.

4. Key Words Trade Unions: Organizations that look after the interests of a group of employees. Contract of Employment: A document which details an employees and employers responsibilities for a particular job Dismissal: When employers end an employees contract of employment Employment Tribunal: A type of court dealing only with disagreements over employment laws Redundancy: When a person loses their job because the job doesn't need to be done anymore.

5. Contracts of employment Friday 24th November You now have to write a contract for Mount Carmel between students and the school. Use the information on the worksheet as a guide for what to include.

6. Homework To revise for an end of unit assessment next Friday 1 st December Remember to bring your file back to class next week!