√ Main Influences on Operations: Legal Regulation | Business Studies

Compliance refers to all the laws that a business must follow. It is in the best interests of businesses to know and follow compliance in order to avoid litigation. Following these laws will lead to Compliance costs. Compliance in Operation: The Operations function involves Labour, Technology, Finance, Machinery, and Energy. All these areas attract regulation from lawmakers. Examples of laws: Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Use of machinery, Safety, Healthy working conditions and Training. Training and development: Safe work practices, Use of technology, Use of machinery, Methods to work effectively. Fair work: Pay, Leave, Termination, Awards and Complaints. Anti-discrimination: Race, Sex, Religion, Marital status, Pregnancy and disability. Environmental protection: Pollution of air, land, water, Dumping, Heritage issues, and Importing goods.