Understanding Employment Responsibilities and rights in Health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit 1 Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work 1.1. In order to obtain information and advice in relation to employment responsibilities and rights an employee should be given the following: Contract covering all terms and conditions, policy documents and an employee handbook. Further information can be obtained through the citizen’s advice bureau and trade unions. 1.2. In order to prevent the exploitation of employees by employers.
Simone Jones L601/7638 1 know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employer and employee. 1.1 Identify the main points of contracts of employment :- This is an agreement between the employee and employer, it will consist of your job description, rights and responsibilities, your contracted hours, terms and conditions, rate of pay and holidays, name of the organisation, start date 1.2 Identify the main points of legislation affecting employees and employers. For employers 1. Pay pensions 2. Data protection 3.
This will be done in accordance with legislative requirements in each state. All Incident and Hazard forms must be submitted to the Managers and Return to Work Coordinator and a copy retained for employee’s records. An aggravation, exacerbation or re-occurrence of an existing injury or illness is to be recorded on the Hazard and Incident Report Form where there is a specific incident. b) How would you ensure that your team is aware of these procedures? - Through induction for new staff.
3. Outline why legislation relating to employment exists (1.1.3) > To protect the rights of employers and employees by providing rules and regulations that must be followed. 4. Identify sources and types of information and advice available in relation to employment responsibilities and rights (1.1.4) > The main sources and types of information that are available to have your responsibilities and rights are in * Contract * Handbook * Policy documents * Terms and conditions * Job description 5. Describe the terms and conditions of own contract of employment (2.2.1) My contract of employment sets out what my employer expects from me and what my pay and holidays are.
If you are an employer, make sure you do everything you can to get it right, as an employee, you should also be aware of your own responsibilities, as well what your rights are and what your employer should be doing with regard to, for example, pay, contracts, time off and working hours. The four main points in a contract are 1) Name of the employer 2) Type of job. (duties and responsibilities) 3) Contract type 4) Address of the work place. Q2. List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
It may include specific requirements such as qualifications or skills they may need and specific duties that the job entails before you even apply for the job. A job description is used as a general guide on the roles you will need to undertake as part of the job and is used to tell people about the standard information such as pay grade and hours you’re expected to work. An example would be a company like Tesco’s would use a job description to inform the people who are applying what the general things they will be asked to do whilst working. The usefulness to the employer is that they have clearly told all of the applicants what they will be asked to do and what the role they will have to carry out, this means that all applicants will already know what they have to do and will save the employer explaining the roles to every applicant. The usefulness to the employee would be that they will have a clear understanding of what they will be asked to do and what days they will be asked to work so this will mean that they wouldn’t have bothered applying if they didn’t agree with the roles.
Section 1 – Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). • Name • Job Title – As you can see from mine, there is a conflict between the title and the description. My role has changed since I started.
There are four components that are mandatory during collective bargaining compensation, worker’s rights, employer rights, and arbitration. Under those four components several mandatory issues are bargained including, “pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family and more" (AFL-CIO). Now that I have explained what collective bargaining is, I want to now explain the purpose and goal of collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is places to protect workers rights by “negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment and for other mutual aid or protection” (Budd, 6). Three primary objectives of labor relations are efficiency, equity, and voice of employees.
Section 1 – Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). 1. Names of Employer and Employee 2.
Identify a range of places where a person can find information on employment rights and responsibilities. You should identify at least two internal and two external sources of information. Internal: Line Managers Books and documents held within the organisation Trade union rep Personnel specialists External: Citizen’s advice Web pages for example; Direct gov Library Legal professionals Government 4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees. A trade union representative is a union member who represents and gives advice to colleagues when they have problems at work.