Business 0450 · IGCSE · Recruitment, selection and training of employees

Recruitment, selection and training of employees — practice question

Bushall is a farm. This business in the primary sector produces award-winning fruit such as pineapples and bananas. Bushall employs 10 full-time staff and 50 part-time staff. Every part-time vacancy is placed on its website. The Government has introduced employment laws, including a minimum wage of $8.50 per hour and a limit on the number of hours an employee may work each week. Our team of employees enjoy what they do. These laws are not good for our employees or our business!
(a)[2]

Identify two examples of business activity in the primary sector other than farming.

(b)[2]

Identify two ways, apart from its website, that Bushall could use to advertise job vacancies.

(c)[4]

Identify and explain two possible reasons why ‘Taylor’s theory of motivation might not work’ at Bushall.

(d)[6]

Identify and explain two advantages to Bushall of employing part-time workers.

(e)[6]

Do you think that the new legal controls for employment will be beneficial to Bushall’s employees? Justify your response.

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