Employment status
- Full time – 35 hours+ of work a week
- Part time – Under 35 hours of work a week
- Short term – only employed for a certain period eg.Christmas period. You are then released from the job after this period has ended.
- Fixed term – a year probably, after can fire or offer full time/permanent
- Permanent – indefinite
- Freelance – Chooses own hours
Types of working pattern
- Work experience – Unpaid
- Internship – working, experience and paid
- Apprenticeship – working, learning and paid
- Hot desking – moving between desks (very much dynamic)
- Work: office hours – 9am to 5pm
- Shift work – Provides cover 24/7, a day is divided into different shifts so there is always someone covering each a job role.
- Irregular Hours – Hours vary, as you are only asked to work if/when you are needed
- Hourly Rates – Payed a certain amount of money per hour of work you do.
- Piece work – The worker is paid per task they complete instead of hourly. For example, if you were building sheds, you would be paid for every shed you build.
- Casual work – you do what job they want you to do
Benefits relating to contracted employment status
- Fixed income – This sets your wage at a particular figure, that will not change with inflation etc.
- Sick leave – Absence given if you are ill
- Holiday Pay – You are allowed a weeks pay for each week of leave you pay “Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday per year“
- Use of company facilities – For example, free membership to your company gym.
- Job security – A probability that you will/wont become unemployed. High job security = small chance of becoming unemployed.
- A contract gives you and your employer rights and obligations
Copyright
This manages the use of a creator’s work. This prevents someone from claiming the creator’s work as their own. If this does happen this is called copyright infringement.
Copyright Infringement
This is when someone claims the creator’s work as their own. If the creator realises, they can take their case to court.
Ethical
Ethical aspects need to be accounted in everything, for example, when The Church of England is considering legal action against entertainment firm Sony for featuring Manchester Cathedral in a violent PlayStation video game. Ethical things should be taken very seriously, and you should be very cautious regarding these matters.
Trademarks
“The representation of any number, symbol, letter, figure, mark or word used by a company to distinguish their goods from others”
Compliance
Certain laws and regulations are in place that you have to comply with to avoid damages or loses to a company. For example, fines or court hearings.