[CT257.1] Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work Aspects of employment covered by law . Minimum Wage, Number of hours worked, Discrimination, Health and safety, Holiday entitlements, Redundancy and dismissal, Training, Disciplinary procedures and your contract of employment. the main features of current employment legislation . Employment rights act, Equalities and Discrimination law, Health and safety Act. Outline why legislation relating to employment exists .
This is the internal identification number which the employer gives employee. Salary This is the amount the employee has earned before any deductions have been made. The employer may break this down into components if the employee has done overtime or receive a bonus or commission. This will show how much the employee has earned in wages before any deductions are made. It might also show how the employee pay was calculated, for example; the employee hourly rate and the number of hours worked.
Outcome 2 Understand agreed ways of working that protect own relationship with employer. There are many terms and conditions that will protect my relationship with my employer if followed. I must follow all policy’s, procedures, legislation and regulations that have been set by Avery and the government, these will include HASAWA, COSHH and RIDDOR. Make sure I check for any updates on policys and attend all training that is provided. Signing and following Avery’s confidentiality form (data protection).
Amongst the company's policies and procedures, you will find such guidelines, as 'equality and diversity'., and 'dealing with harassment and bullying at work' These policies exists to enable all employees to work cohesively. Please make sure that you familiarise yourself with all of the company policies that will assist you within your job role. It is not only important for the company to have full and up to date details of agreed ways of working, it is also a legal requirement. It is vital that this company can show up to date documents, in the forms of policies and procedures, so that employees can gain a better insight into how the company works with others to promote best practice. Little or no documentation relating to agreed ways of working, would breach national regulations, and the standards of this company.
Thompson (2009) suggests that supervision is a process through which an organization empowers staff to meet organizational objectives, which involves a number of tasks from monitoring work tasks and workloads to ensuring legal and organizational requirements and policies are adhered to. Ensuring that Health and safety legislation is adhered to is an example of how the SCA operates within the role of supervisor, making sure that junior care staff are made aware of residents mobility needs by referring them to the relevant risk assessments, important too is the need to ensure that staff are aware of the correct use of all equipment used to transfer residents including safety checks prior to use and the appropriate method for storing said equipment after use, it is the supervisors responsibility to inform and instruct staff where there is evidence of uncertainty or misunderstanding of the correct health and safety
Task B – Your work role. Bi Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement. Job description - defining the role, responsibility level. Entitlement - rate of pay, holiday entitlement, retirement and ill-health benefits, bonus/overtime rates, Responsibilities - working hours, dress code, reporting illness/absence, annual assessments, complaints procedures, notice periods for leaving/dismissal, requirements to change working hours. Bii Describe the information which need to be shown on your pay slip/ statement.
They enable you to provide a good quality service working within the legal framework and most importantly aim to keep you and the individuals you support, safe from danger or harm. To implement agreed ways of working you follow the Policies and Procedures and the service users care plan, where the management of the individual's daily care needs are agreed and documented. It is extremely important to have up to date agreed ways of working as there may be changes in policies within the law. Our company may have to implement them to help protect the vulnerable. You have a duty to keep service users safe by following policies, procedures and working within your job role.
1.4 The main sources which contain an employee’s responsibilities are in their Contract, Staff handbook, Job description, Work policy documents and the Terms and conditions. 2.1 The contract of employment lists out the duties of the position to which it is associated, the contract also details information such as the contracted hours which are signed for along with the wage of the position and the policies and procedures. 2.2 On a payslip there is the Gross Pay which is the amount earned before any deductions. Also there are the variable deductions such as Tax and National Insurance, there are also fixed deductions such as Union fee’s. Additionally there is information such as the Tax Code, National Insurance Number and Pay Rate.
Unit 201 Understand employment responsibilities and Rights in health, social care or children And young people’s settings. Task B your work role B1. The terms and conditions of my employment are laid out in my contract as follows, Pay, Employment conditions and contractual obligations, Flexible working, Business transfers, Working hours, Time off and holidays. B2. Pay slips need to have certain information on them and employers have to give all employees a pay slip within 1 working day of their pay day, even when they’re on leave.
1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. There are statutory responsibilities and rights that employers have to comply with. The law in the UK covers the following aspects: Minimum wage, Hours worked, Discrimination, Health and safety, Holiday entitlements, Redundancy and dismissal, Training, Disciplinary procedures, Union rights and consultation, among many others. Labour law covers the deal between employee and employer. Health and safety laws cover the work conditions, and minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels.