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Task 2: Responsibilities
Scenario 1: Closure of a local hospital
Your Rights
At what age does a young person first gain the rights listed
below: tick the correct box
Age
Becoming criminally
responsible
10
13
16
17
Source A
Tom, Mary and Asif all went to the same school. Asif is of
Asian descent and Tom and Mary are white.
Two years
later they have the same job titles and work the same hours.
Mary is paid 5.00 an hour. Tom gets 6.00 an hour and Asif
gets only 3.00 an hour. He has a speech disability but his
manager admits that his work is as good as that of other
workers.
They receive a leaflet from the Trade Union. From this they
find out about contracts of employment; discipline codes,
involving final warnings prior to dismissal; and laws such as the
Sex Discrimination Act, the Race Relations Act, the Minimum
Wage Act and the Disability Discrimination Act.
The three are surprised to discover that their pay rates are
different when they chat about the leaflet. Mary and Asif
complain to their managers. Although they have never been
accused of any misconduct (breaking the rules at work), both
are immediately dismissed.
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2. Suggest two other ways in which Asifs legal rights have
been broken.
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3. Use Source A and your own knowledge. The laws in the
UK make sure workers are treated equally. Identify and
explain two reasons why this claim might be true.
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