3B-Employment legislation and Employee rights

Health and safety: 
i looked into the health and safety regulations for ITV and was able to find that  they enforce their health and safety by ensuring that 
-their is a clear communication about health and safety with employees 
-risk assessments are made and these are then used as a planning tool on forming the health and safety rules 
-all itv staff as well as freelancers have health and safety rules they must follow 
-all departments of the itv follow clear health and safety rules that have been given out 
-they have an internal team of health and safety specialists who develop the health and safety rules and keep them up to date 
-there is also an internal support service which is there for employees to assist with day to day health and safety issues in the work place 
-they also look into other companies within the production and broadcast business and look at what they follow for their health and safety rules and through this they can improve their own rules making their work place a safe environment. 
employees need to be aware that if there is a problem with the health and safety in their work are or if there is an accident that they inform the internal health and safety support service which will then look into it and also advise employees on what to do so that the problem is acted upon immediately, when working in the industry this would come in helpful because you wouldn't have to worry about finding a  resolution for a health and hazard you can just call the support service and they will send someone who will be able to fix it this keeps workers from getting hurt and they are able to focus on work instead of getting preoccupied with health and safety issues. 

Equal opportunities:
The ITVs employment policy for all parts of their company state that everyone is given a equal opportunity to get a job as well as no member of staff or applicant will be treated differently or less favourably because of their sex, marital or parental status, race, origin, nationality, religion, religious belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender reassignment. the only thing that defines the employee is the amount of work they produce and their ability in the work place.The ITV treat their employees with a great deal of respect and pride themselves on being very fair towards all members of staff as well as making sure that people are treated fairly by their fellow staff members. ITV also make sure that all employees are treated in a way that is fair to them and those around them if someone is dissabled or suffer from an illness they will be given hours that will be suited to them and that they will be comfortable in.

the employment equality (Age) regulations came into force in 2006 and is a secondary legislation which means people not treated unfairly because of their age in the work place, the legislation addressed many aspects including retirement and the ability for those able to request to work beyond the retirement age. this legislation is now suspended by the equality act 2010

 i did research into the health and saftey regulations of different TV broadcasters, as i have been looking at the BBC so far i chose to continue and look into their health and safety policy. on the website they have different sections where the different types of accidents are listed and how to report each of them as there are different methods depending on the situation.
-Accident/incident reporting: this informs all employees on how to report an accident and who to conntact, in the case that someone is injured they must contact BBC ORM emediatly so that the report can be rejistered  
-serious accident: examples are given of what is conssidered a serious accident

•  ‘Loss of sight or eye damage’
•  ‘An absence from work of more than three days due to a work-related accident’
•  ‘A member of the public taken to hospital as a result of BBC work activities’
•  ‘Fractures, dislocations or amputations’;  

-Contractors in production:this is involed in all broadcasters regulations as it is key that the crew and cast know that the company they are working for will try their hardest to understand their situation and help them. there is also a section on freelancers as they are usually not aware of all the BBC's health and safety regulaions and so if they are baing involved with large groups or crew and cast they will need to have a good knowledge of what acions will need to be made in the event of an accident or injury for example who to conntact and how to resolve the situation and this is why this website will come in very usefull because all members of the industry can be up to date. 

The BBC pride themselves on being a diverse company beacsue having a much more diverse collection of employees helps to connect to a larger audience and so opportunities in the BBC are equal. they focuse on having a working environment for their workers that will feel comfortable for all employees for example making sure employees have the right equipment if needed or if they have dissablilties.they value each employee and make sure they feel as though they arebeing treated with the respect they deserve in their work space and no member is treated with an unlawful disadvantage.
The BBC look into many different ways of making sure that alll employeesare equal in their work place for example there is information on how much of their employees are of different relegions as well as how many have disability and then informing the public of what they do to make sure that these people are made to feel no different from any other employee.