Lesson Plan

• Describe the key elements that must be included in an employment contract.
• Explain how major legal controls (e.g., Employment Rights Act, Minimum Wage) affect employer responsibilities.
• Analyse the impact of these legal controls on employee rights and workplace conditions.
• Evaluate the cost‑benefit implications for businesses when complying with employment legislation.

• Projector and screen for slides
• Printed handout summarising legislation and contract elements
• Whiteboard and markers
• Case‑study worksheets on employer/employee scenarios
• Sticky notes for quick polls

Begin with a quick poll: “What rights do you think you have at work?” Students share ideas, linking to prior knowledge of contracts. Explain that today’s lesson will uncover how legislation shapes those rights and the obligations of employers. Success will be measured by students accurately matching legal controls to their effects.

1. Do‑Now (5’) – Students write down three things they expect in a job contract and share.
2. Mini‑lecture (10’) – Overview of employment contract essentials and key legislation.
3. Group activity (15’) – Analyse a sample contract; identify missing legal requirements.
4. Case study discussion (10’) – Teams evaluate how specific laws affect employer costs and employee benefits.
5. Whole‑class synthesis (10’) – Build a comparative effects table on the board.
6. Quick quiz (5’) – Exit ticket matching laws to effects.

Summarise how legal controls create both protections for employees and responsibilities for employers. Ask students to complete an exit ticket listing one benefit for each side. Assign homework to research a recent employment law case and prepare a brief report.